uutils coreutils rm Safeguard Bypass via Improper Path Normalization
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cve-program · CVE-2026-35363
PublishedA vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows the bypass of safeguard mechanisms intended to protect the current directory. While the utility correctly refuses to delete . or .., it fails to recognize equivalent paths with trailing slashes, such as ./ or .///. An accidental or malicious execution of rm -rf ./ results in the silent recursive deletion of all contents within the current directory. The command further obscures the data loss by reporting a misleading 'Invalid input' error, which may cause users to miss the critical window for data recovery.
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- 22 Apr 2026 16:08:36 UTC
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- 22 Apr 2026 17:24:11 UTC
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- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L