CVE-2026-35356
low-risk
Published 2026-04-22
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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6
CVSS 6.3/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10140
Release Notes
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal