CVE-2026-35349

Name	CVE-2026-35349
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
rust-coreutils (PTS)	bookworm	0.0.17-2	vulnerable
	trixie	0.0.30-2	vulnerable
	forky	0.0.30-4	vulnerable
	sid	0.7.0-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
rust-coreutils	source	(unstable)	0.7.0-1

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9706
Fixed by: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/5e5968cdbc6618acd6c2402a8a98b503f278835e (0.7.0)