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Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

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

Medium 6.6

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12nautilusno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-111802
Debian:13nautilusno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-111802
Debian:14nautilusno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-111802
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnautilusno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-111802
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSnautilusno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-111802
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSnautilusno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-111802
Ubuntu:26.10nautilusno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-111802

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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