CVE-2026-35362 — uutils coreutils Missing TOCTOU Protection on Non-Linux Unix Platforms in Safe Traversal Module

CVE-2026-35362

uutils coreutils Missing TOCTOU Protection on Non-Linux Unix Platforms in Safe Traversal Module PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

The safe_traversal module in uutils coreutils, which provides protection against Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) symlink races using file-descriptor-relative syscalls, is incorrectly limited to Linux targets. On other Unix-like systems such as macOS and FreeBSD, the utility fails to utilize these protections, leaving directory traversal operations vulnerable to symlink race conditions.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Uutils / coreutils	affected 0 before 0.6.0

CWE

CWE-367

References

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9792
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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