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GHSA-HWMW-P4JP-HMPR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-17 00:31 – Updated: 2026-10-17 00:31

Details

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.

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-111802 (GCVE-0-2026-111802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-16 22:03 – Updated: 2026-10-16 22:03

Title

Nautilus: nautilus: arbitrary file deletion via trash symlink

Summary

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1036 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-111802	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2554410	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_r…

Impacted products

5 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Date Public

2026-10-16 12:00

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Corey Berla for reporting this issue.

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