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Medium · 4.2 CVE-2026-35351 EUVD-2026-24984GHSA-957r-r8gc-vv3h

uutils coreutils mv Silent Ownership Loss in Cross-Device Operations

Published Apr 22, 2026 · Updated Apr 22, 2026 · Assigned by canonical

Description

The mv utility in uutils coreutils fails to preserve file ownership during moves across different filesystem boundaries. The utility falls back to a copy-and-delete routine that creates the destination file using the caller's UID/GID rather than the source's metadata. This flaw breaks backups and migrations, causing files moved by a privileged user (e.g., root) to become root-owned unexpectedly, which can lead to information disclosure or restricted access for the intended owners.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Uutils coreutils — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 rust-coreutils 0.9.0-1 —
Debian 13 rust-coreutils No fix yet —
Debian 12 rust-coreutils No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS rust-coreutils 0.10.0-1ubuntu2~26.04.1 USN-9041-1
Ubuntu 25.10 rust-coreutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rust-coreutils No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling uutils 0.8.0-r2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io coreutils <= 0.8.0 — GHSA-957r-r8gc-vv3h

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