What is CVE-2026-35363?

CVE-2026-35363 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-35363?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Uutils Coreutils

CVE-2026-35363

A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows the bypass of safeguard mechanisms intended to protect the current directory. While the utility correctly refuses to delete . or .., it fails to recognize equivalent paths with t…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.000 (0.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Uutils Coreutils

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9749 (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35363?: CVE-2026-35363 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-35363?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.