CVE-2026-35338
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35338
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-35338.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-35338
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Published
- 2026-04-22T16:07:31Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-21T02:59:10Z
- Severity
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- 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- uutils coreutils chmod Path Traversal Bypass of --preserve-root
- Details
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A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbolic links to execute destructive recursive operations (e.g., chmod -R 000) on the entire root filesystem, leading to system-wide permission loss and potential complete system breakdown.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "canonical", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-22" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/35xxx/CVE-2026-35338.json" }- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/uutils/coreutils
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "extracted_events": [ { "range": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "0.6.0" } ], "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD", "strategy": "StandardRange" }, { "original_tag": "0.6.0", "range": [ { "fixed": "2319a99057d11b0c9744c885df84806eea019166" } ], "source": "REFERENCES_TAG" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "0.6.0" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE" } ] }