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 trailing slashes, such as ./ or .///. An accidental or malicious execution of rm -rf ./ results in the silent recursive deletion of all contents within the current directory. The command further obscures the data loss by reporting a misleading 'Invalid input' error, which may cause users to miss the critical window for data recovery.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (6.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9749 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
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.