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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
A flaw in the ChownExecutor used by uutils coreutils chown and chgrp causes the utilities to return an incorrect exit code during recursive operations. The final exit code is determined only by the last file processed. If the last operation succeeds, the command returns 0 even if earlier ownership or group changes failed due to permission errors. This can lead to security misconfigurations where administrative scripts incorrectly assume that ownership has been successfully transferred across a directory tree.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-35340
Source
canonical
Published
Apr 22, 2026 at 16:07
Affected Product
Vendor
Uutils
Product
coreutils
Affected Versions
Uutils coreutils 0