Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

Path Traversal and Incomplete Root Protection (CWE-22) in uutils coreutils chmod --preserve-root

CVE-2026-35338

Published:

Apr 22, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal / Incomplete Path Validation

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

System-wide Permission Corruption and Denial of Service

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal / Incomplete Path Validation

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

System-wide Permission Corruption and Denial of Service

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

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