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CVE-2026-35360: uutils coreutils has a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

April 22, 2026 (updated April 30, 2026)

The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file creation. When the utility identifies a missing path, it later attempts creation using File::create(), which internally uses O_TRUNC. An attacker can exploit this window to create a file or swap a symlink at the target path, causing touch to truncate an existing file and leading to permanent data loss.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6m9-xj2w-xmrc
  • github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10019
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35360

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Affected versions

All versions up to 0.8.0

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 6.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2026-35360.yml

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