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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9749 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
24 Apr 2026, 19:02
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9749 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:-:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* | |
| First Time |
Uutils
Uutils coreutils |
22 Apr 2026, 17:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-22 17:16
Updated : 2026-04-24 19:02
NVD link : CVE-2026-35363
Mitre link : CVE-2026-35363
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-35363
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Products Affected
uutils
- coreutils
CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
