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CVE-2026-35355
uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink TOCTOU Race
Medium6.3EPSS 0.12%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- canonical
Description
The install utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file installation. The implementation unlinks an existing destination file and then recreates it using a path-based operation without the O_EXCL flag. A local attacker can exploit the window between the unlink and the subsequent creation to swap the path with a symbolic link, allowing them to redirect privileged writes to overwrite arbitrary system files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonicalCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.12% · top 98% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- crates.iouu_installGHSA-239g-2685-54x3 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10067 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatchexploit
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-239g-2685-54x3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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