# CVE-2026-35363: uutils coreutils rm Safeguard Bypass via Improper Path Normalization

- Also known as: GHSA-89P7-7CQ3-HHR2
- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.0
- Published: 2026-04-22 · Updated: 2026-04-22

## Affected

- coreutils: version range not reported
- uu\_rm (crates.io): fixed in 0.6.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on coreutils, uu\_rm, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9749

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