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Medium · 4.7 CVE-2026-35357 EUVD-2026-24996GHSA-2m8x-mvfx-gwgj

uutils coreutils cp Information Disclosure via Permission Handling Race

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

Description

The cp utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to an information disclosure race condition. Destination files are initially created with umask-derived permissions (e.g., 0644) before being restricted to their final mode (e.g., 0600) later in the process. A local attacker can race to open the file during this window; once obtained, the file descriptor remains valid and readable even after the permissions are tightened, exposing sensitive or private file contents.

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 0.8.0-1 —
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-2m8x-mvfx-gwgj

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