{"id":"CVE-2026-35362","aliases":["GHSA-w6xc-g9qj-vp32"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-35362","summary":"uutils coreutils Missing TOCTOU Protection on Non-Linux Unix Platforms in Safe Traversal Module","details":"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.\n\n---\n_Zellic finding 3.59. Reported in the Zellic *uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment* (for Canonical, Jan 2026), audited commit `3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242`._","published":"2026-04-22T16:08:33.266Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:12.731406972Z","cvss":{"score":3.6,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.0018,"percentile":0.07865,"asOf":"2026-09-17"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"uucore","fixedVersion":"0.6.0"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9792","label":"uutils/coreutils#9792"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/uutils"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/35xxx/CVE-2026-35362.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35362"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9792"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/security/advisories/GHSA-w6xc-g9qj-vp32"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/30239e69a328e76d2377f2a0bc02fbde61c34280"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:12.731406972Z"}}