GHSA-7CR3-H577-G38J rm: --preserve-root bypassed via a symlink to / (string check instead of dev/inode)

The --preserve-root check uses a path-string test path.hasroot && path.parent.isnone rather than comparing device/inode. A symlink to / e.g. /tmp/rootlink - / has a parent component, so it passes the check. GNU caches /'s dev/inode at startup and compares every traversed directory against it...

EUVD-2026-24981

rm: --preserve-root bypassed via a symlink to / string check instead of dev/inode...

GHSA-4C7Q-4928-8445 chmod: --preserve-root bypassed by any path that resolves to root (e.g. /../)

Chmoder::chmod only compares the literal argument against Path::new"/", so the --preserve-root guard is bypassed by any path that resolves to root — a symlink to / or simply /../. if self.recursive && self.preserveroot && file == Path::new"/" return ErrChmodError::PreserveRoot"/".tostring.into; P...

EUVD-2026-24963

chmod: --preserve-root bypassed by any path that resolves to root e.g. /../...

CVE-2026-35338

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

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...

GHSA-V762-X3CF-5MFG Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has a Link Following Issue Via rm Utility

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-7cr3-h577-g38j. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection. The...

Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has a Link Following Issue Via rm Utility

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-7cr3-h577-g38j. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection. The...

Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-4c7q-4928-8445. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism...

GHSA-9GQX-53GP-C8G3 Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-4c7q-4928-8445. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism...

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...

CVE-2026-35338

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

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...

CVE-2026-35349

CVE-2026-35349 affects the rm utility in uutils coreutils . The root cause is a path-string check used to identify the root directory instead of comparing device/inode numbers, allowing a symbolic link that resolves to "/" (e.g., "/tmp/rootlink -> /") to bypass --preserve-root. This can lead t...

CVE-2026-35349 uutils coreutils Path-Based Safety Bypass with --preserve-root

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...

CVE-2026-35338

Summary: CVE-2026-35338 affects the chmod utility in the uutils coreutils package. The vulnerability arises because the implementation only checks if the target path is exactly “/” and does not canonicalize the path, allowing path variants like “/../” or symbolic links to bypass --preserve-root. ...

CVE-2026-35338 uutils coreutils chmod Path Traversal Bypass of --preserve-root

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

CVE-2026-35338

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

CVE-2026-35338 uutils coreutils chmod Path Traversal Bypass of --preserve-root

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

CVE-2026-35338 uutils coreutils chmod Path Traversal Bypass of --preserve-root

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...