CVE-2026-35362

LOW

3.6

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score3.6

SeverityLOW

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/22/2026

Last Modified4/22/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367

References

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9792(security@ubuntu.com)

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0(security@ubuntu.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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