CVE-2026-35362
Published:April 22, 2026
Updated:April 23, 2026
The safe_traversal module in uutils coreutils, which provides protection against Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) symlink races using file-descriptor-relative syscalls, is incorrectly limited to Linux targets. On other Unix-like systems such as macOS and FreeBSD, the utility fails to utilize these protections, leaving directory traversal operations vulnerable to symlink race conditions.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=latest-commit <0.6.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.6.0coreutils (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0 <0.6.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.6.0Related Resources (2)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
3.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
