CVE-2026-35349

Publication date 22 April 2026

Last updated 10 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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 symbolic link that resolves to the root directory (e.g., /tmp/rootlink -> /), potentially leading to the unintended recursive deletion of the entire root filesystem.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
rust-coreutils	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needed
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
rust-coreutils	Upstream: 5e5968c

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.7 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.7 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H