uutils/coreutils · Security

uutils coreutils has a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

GHSA ID
GHSA-2m8x-mvfx-gwgj
CVE ID
CVE-2026-35357
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
4.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
4.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

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