CVE-2026-111802 Nautilus: nautilus: arbitrary file deletion via trash symlink
An attacker can trick a user into emptying trash on a crafted volume, causing arbitrary file deletion via symlink exploitation in Nautilus.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-111802?
CVE-2026-111802 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 16 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111802?
How do I fix CVE-2026-111802?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-111802 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-111802 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111802, GHSA-hwmw-p4jp-hmpr, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-111802.