CVE-2026-35381

uutils coreutils cut Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Output Filtering

State
Published
Severity
3.3 Low
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Updated
Apr 22, 2026
Reserved
Apr 2, 2026

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Description

A logic error in the cut utility of uutils coreutils causes the utility to ignore the -s (only-delimited) flag when using the -z (null-terminated) and -d '' (empty delimiter) options together. The implementation incorrectly routes this specific combination through a specialized newline-delimiter code path that fails to check the record suppression status. Consequently, uutils cut emits the entire record plus a NUL byte instead of suppressing it. This divergence from GNU coreutils behavior creates a data integrity risk for automated pipelines that rely on cut -s to filter out undelimited data.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.13.3 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Ncanonical

Weaknesses

  • CWE-684 Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality

Affected Products

ProductVersions
coreutilsUutils
  • before 0.8.0Affected

References

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