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CVE-2026-35352: uutils coreutils has a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition

April 22, 2026 (updated May 8, 2026)

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 FIFO for a symbolic link between these two operations. This redirects the chmod call to an arbitrary file, potentially enabling privilege escalation if the utility is run with elevated privileges.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gh9-hwpr-rvqq
  • github.com/uutils/coreutils
  • github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10020
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35352

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Affected versions

All versions up to 0.8.0

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 7 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Source file

cargo/coreutils/CVE-2026-35352.yml

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