๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-111802

MEDIUM 6.6

Nautilus: nautilus: arbitrary file deletion via trash symlink

CVSS Score
6.6
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-59
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 10
Published Oct 16, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected

References

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

Credits

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