coreutils (>=0.0.14, <=0.0.16) potentially affected by CVE-2026-35349 via uu_rm (>=0.0.14, <=0.0.16)

uurm CARGO version =0.0.14, =0.0.14, =0.0.16 Source cves: CVE-2026-35349 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-7CR3-H577-G38J...

CVE-2026-35349

A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection. The implementation uses a path-string check rather than comparing device and inode numbers to identify the root directory. An attacker or accidental user can bypass this safeguard by using a...