CVE-2026-35347

Publication date 22 April 2026

Last updated 10 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The comm utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly consumes data from non-regular file inputs before performing comparison operations. The are_files_identical function opens and reads from both input paths to compare content without first verifying if the paths refer to regular files. If an input path is a FIFO or a pipe, this pre-read operation drains the stream, leading to silent data loss before the actual comparison logic is executed. Additionally, the utility may hang indefinitely if it attempts to pre-read from infinite streams like /dev/zero.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
rust-coreutils	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needed
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
rust-coreutils	Upstream: 75f45e8

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.4 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.4 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L