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.
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Mitigation if available: Do not choose "Empty" or remove the ability to "Empty Trash" upon ejecting USB devices
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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Nautilus: nautilus: arbitrary file deletion via trash symlink | |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-16T22:03:50.287Z
Reserved: 2026-10-16T19:49:47.285Z
Link: CVE-2026-111802
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