File Deletion Vulnerability in Nautilus by Red Hat
CVE-2026-111802

6.6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-111802?

A flaw exists in Nautilus that enables an attacker to exploit user interactions when unmounting removable drives or disk images. The application prompts users to empty the trash without validating the symbolic links in the trash directory paths. By persuading a user to mount a malicious storage volume and approve the trash emptying prompt, an attacker could potentially trigger arbitrary deletion of files accessible to the user, compromising data integrity and user trust.

References

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_requests/...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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