CVE-2026-35356

uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite with -D via Path Component Symlink Race

State
Published
Severity
6.3 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 install utility of uutils coreutils when using the -D flag. The command creates parent directories and subsequently performs a second path resolution to create the target file, neither of which is anchored to a directory file descriptor. An attacker with concurrent write access can replace a path component with a symbolic link between these operations, redirecting the privileged write to an arbitrary file system location.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
coreutilsUutils
  • before 0.7.0Affected

References

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