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CVE-2026-35356mediumCWE-367

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

13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 6.3epss 0.1%
exploitation probability
0.1%top 99% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Uutils · coreutils