# CVE-2026-111802: Nautilus: nautilus: arbitrary file deletion via trash symlink

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- redhat rates this medium
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-16 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- nautilus: version range not reported
- nautilus: version range not reported
- nautilus: version range not reported
- nautilus: version range not reported
- nautilus: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in Nautilus. When a removable drive or disk image is unmounted or ejected, Nautilus prompts the user to empty the trash without verifying whether the trash directory paths are symbolic links. An attacker can exploit this flaw by tricking a user into mounting a crafted storage volume and confirming the prompt to empty the trash, leading to the arbitrary deletion of files accessible to that user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nautilus, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-111802
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2554410
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/2179

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