What is CVE-2026-111802?

CVE-2026-111802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2026-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-111802?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-111802

A flaw was found in Nautilus. When a removable drive or disk image is unmounted or ejected, Nautilus prompts the user to empty the trash without verifying whether the trash directory paths are symbolic links. An attacker can exploit this flaw by tricking a user into mounting a crafted storage volume and confirming the prompt to empty the trash, leading to the arbitrary deletion of files accessible to that user.

Published 2026-10-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-111802 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/2179

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-111802?: CVE-2026-111802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2026-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-111802?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.