CVE-2026-35363 — uutils coreutils rm Safeguard Bypass via Improper Path Normalization
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…
Published: 2026-04-22 · CVSS: 5.6 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7