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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-35356 EUVD-2026-24994GHSA-gwm6-q8ch-hcfrGHSA-m26v-hjq3-x245

uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite with -D via Path Component Symlink Race

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

Description

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the install utility of uutils coreutils when using the -D flag. The command creates parent directories and subsequently performs a second path resolution to create the target file, neither of which is anchored to a directory file descriptor. An attacker with concurrent write access can replace a path component with a symbolic link between these operations, redirecting the privileged write to an arbitrary file system location.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Uutils coreutils < 0.7.0 0.7.0

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 0.7.0-1 —
Debian 13 rust-coreutils No fix yet —
Debian 12 rust-coreutils No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 rust-coreutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rust-coreutils No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io uu_install < 0.7.0 0.7.0 GHSA-gwm6-q8ch-hcfr

References