GHSA-v762-x3cf-5mfg

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v762-x3cf-5mfg

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-v762-x3cf-5mfg/GHSA-v762-x3cf-5mfg.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-v762-x3cf-5mfg

Withdrawn

2026-07-06T20:15:20Z

Published

2026-04-22T18:31:45Z

Modified

2026-09-10T03:51:03Z

Severity

6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has a Link Following Issue Via rm Utility

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-7cr3-h577-g38j. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original 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.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-29T23:13:17Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-04-22T17:16:37Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

crates.io / coreutils

Package

Name: coreutils; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:cargo/coreutils

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.7.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-v762-x3cf-5mfg/GHSA-v762-x3cf-5mfg.json"