CVE-2026-35354

uutils coreutils mv Security Xattr TOCTOU Race in Cross-Device

State
Published
Severity
4.7 Medium
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Updated
Apr 22, 2026
Reserved
Apr 2, 2026

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Description

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device moves. The extended attribute (xattr) preservation logic uses multiple path-based system calls that perform fresh path-to-inode lookups for each operation. A local attacker with write access to the directory can exploit this race to swap files between calls, causing the destination file to receive an inconsistent mix of security xattrs, such as SELinux labels or file capabilities.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Ncanonical

Weaknesses

  • CWE-367 Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Affected Products

ProductVersions
coreutilsUutils

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