CVE-2026-35362
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
2.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-35362
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.6.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35362
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9792
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/30239e69a328e76d2377f2a0bc02fbde61c34280
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-35362
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggc5-46rg-mr4v
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.