CVE-2026-35362
low-risk
Published 2026-04-22
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.02% 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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3
CVSS 3.6/10
Low
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9792
Release Notes
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
9/34 · Low
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal