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Low · 3.3 CVE-2026-35375 EUVD-2026-25026GHSA-vx9m-xjwf-8cqm

uutils coreutils split Local Data Integrity Issue via Lossy Filename Encoding

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

Description

A logic error in the split utility of uutils coreutils causes the corruption of output filenames when provided with non-UTF-8 prefix or suffix inputs. The implementation utilizes to_string_lossy() when constructing chunk filenames, which automatically rewrites invalid byte sequences into the UTF-8 replacement character (U+FFFD). This behavior diverges from GNU split, which preserves raw pathname bytes intact. In environments utilizing non-UTF-8 encodings, this vulnerability leads to the creation of files with incorrect names, potentially causing filename collisions, broken automation, or the misdirection of output data.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Uutils coreutils < 0.8.0 0.8.0

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 0.8.0-1 —
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 coreutils < 0.8.0 0.8.0 GHSA-vx9m-xjwf-8cqm

References