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CVE-2026-35369: uutils coreutils has an Improper Input Validation issue

April 22, 2026 (updated April 30, 2026)

An argument parsing error in the kill utility of uutils coreutils incorrectly interprets kill -1 as a request to send the default signal (SIGTERM) to PID -1. Sending a signal to PID -1 causes the kernel to terminate all processes visible to the caller, potentially leading to a system crash or massive process termination. This differs from GNU coreutils, which correctly recognizes -1 as a signal number in this context and would instead report a missing PID argument.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpcg-h6x2-c26p
  • github.com/uutils/coreutils
  • github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/2d3aebce6712841bc08b9b94e9078be50a25fc10
  • github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9700
  • github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35369

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.6.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.6.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.6.0 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Source file

cargo/coreutils/CVE-2026-35369.yml

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