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The uutils coreutils software contains multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers, including TOCTOU race conditions and improper permission handling.

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This thread discusses multiple vulnerabilities in the uutils coreutils software, highlighting issues such as TOCTOU race conditions, incorrect permission handling, and data corruption. These vulnerabilities affect various utilities like install, mv, mkfifo, and others, posing security and reliability risks.

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The uutils coreutils software contains multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers, including TOCTOU race conditions and improper permission handling.
Parent: Software VulnerabilitiesEntity: uutils coreutilsImpact: negativeDate: Apr 22, 2026Target: The security and reliability of uutils coreutils

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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24978 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 3.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: coreutils ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ The comm utility in uutils coreutils silently corrupts data by performing lossy UTF-8 conversion on all output lines. The implementation uses String::from_utf8_lossy(), which replaces invalid UTF-8 byte sequences with the Unicode replacement character (U+FF... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24978 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24975 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 3.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ The dd utility in uutils coreutils suppresses errors during file truncation operations by unconditionally calling Result::ok() on truncation attempts. While intended to mimic GNU behavior for special files like /dev/null, the uutils implementation also hides failures on regular... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24975 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24977 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 5.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ A vulnerability in the tail utility of uutils coreutils allows for the exfiltration of sensitive file contents when using the --follow=name option. Unlike GNU tail, the uutils implementation continues to monitor a path after it has been replaced by a symbolic link, subsequently... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24977 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24979 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 4.4/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: coreutils ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ The comm utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly consumes data from non-regular file inputs before performing comparison operations. The are_files_identical function opens and reads from both input paths to compare content without first verifying if the pat... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24979 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24980 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 5.5/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ The sort utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a process panic when using the --files0-from option with inputs containing non-UTF-8 filenames. The implementation enforces UTF-8 encoding and utilizes expect(), causing an immediate crash when encountering valid but non-UTF... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24980 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24981 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 6.7/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: coreutils ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection. The implementation uses a path-string check rather than comparing device and inode numbers to identify the root directory. An attacker or accidental use... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24981 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24982 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 6.6/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ The cp utility in uutils coreutils fails to properly handle setuid and setgid bits when ownership preservation fails. When copying with the -p (preserve) flag, the utility applies the source mode bits even if the chown operation is unsuccessful. This can result in a user-owned ... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24982 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24986 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 7.0/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mkfifo utility of uutils coreutils. The utility creates a FIFO and then performs a path-based chmod to set permissions. A local attacker with write access to the parent directory can swap the newly created FIF... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24986 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24984 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 4.2/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ 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... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24984 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24988 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 3.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: coreutils ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ The mkdir utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly applies permissions when using the -m flag by creating a directory with umask-derived permissions (typically 0755) before subsequently changing them to the requested mode via a separate chmod system call. In... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24988 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24990 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 4.7/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device moves. The extended attribute (xattr) preservation logic uses multiple path-based system calls that perform fresh path-to-inode lookups for each operation. A l... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24990 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24992 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 6.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: coreutils ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ The install utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file installation. The implementation unlinks an existing destination file and then recreates it using a path-based operation without the ... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24992 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24994 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 6.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: coreutils ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ 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 w... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24994 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24963 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 7.3/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: coreutils ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can ... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24963 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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๐Ÿšจ EUVD-2026-24965 ๐Ÿ“Š Score: 5.5/10 (CVSS v3.1) ๐Ÿ“ฆ Product: coreutils ๐Ÿข Vendor: Uutils ๐Ÿ“… Updated: 2026-04-22 ๐Ÿ“ The recursive mode (-R) of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to retu... ๐Ÿ”— https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-24965 #cybersecurity #infosec #euvd #cve #vulnerability
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