What is CVE-2026-35349?

CVE-2026-35349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-35349?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils

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…

EPSS: 0.000 (3.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Uutils Coreutils — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9706 (issue-tracking, patch)
github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35349?: CVE-2026-35349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-35349?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.