3.6
/ 10
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-35362
Source
canonical
Published
Apr 22, 2026 at 16:08
Affected Product
Vendor
Uutils
Product
coreutils
Affected Versions
Uutils coreutils 0