CVE-2026-35362

Publication date 22 April 2026

Last updated 10 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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: 30239e6

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 3.6 · Low

Base metrics

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

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.6 · Low
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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