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TI-2026-27501 Aliases CVE-2026-35363GHSA-89p7-7cq3-hhr2

uutils coreutils rm Safeguard Bypass via Improper Path Normalization

Priority LOW 24CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-693.

Summary

A 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00166 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed uu_rm (crates.io): 0.6.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Uutilscoreutils——No fix listedCNA
—uu_rm (crates.io)before 0.6.00.6.0Patch availableGHSA-89p7-7cq3-hhr2
  • coreutils VendorUutils Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • uu_rm (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.6.0 Fixed in 0.6.0 Patch available GHSA-89p7-7cq3-hhr2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:-:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableUutils
  • cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:-:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Uutils

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-89p7-7cq3-hhr2 uu_rm (crates.io) Fixed in 0.6.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35363
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-89p7-7cq3-hhr2

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2026-27506 uutils coreutils chroot Local Privilege Escalation and chroot Escape in via Name Service Switch (NSS) Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-27498 uutils coreutils touch Arbitrary File Truncation via TOCTOU Race Condition CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2026-27488 uutils coreutils cp Unexpected Privileged Executable Creation with -p CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
  • TI-2026-27502 uutils coreutils mv Arbitrary File Overwrite via Cross-Device TOCTOU Race Condition CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2026-27493 uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink TOCTOU Race CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2026-27511 uutils coreutils ln Local Denial of Service via Improper Handling of Non-UTF-8 Filenames CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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Sources

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