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CVE-2026-35359

uutils coreutils cp Information Disclosure via Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use Symlink Swap

4.7 MediumFix available

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.13%Up 0.1 points since Apr 23, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.7

uutils coreutils cp Information Disclosure via Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use Symlink Swap

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Record
CVE-2026-35359
CVSS 3.1
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-367, CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-25000 4.7

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Record
EUVD-2026-25000
CVSS 3.1
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hpfw-mqm3-33jh 4.7

uutils coreutils has a Link Following issue

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Record
GHSA-hpfw-mqm3-33jh
CVSS 3.1
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 4.7

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Record
CVE-2026-35359
CVSS 3.1
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59, CWE-367
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-35359 4.7

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35359
CVSS 3.1
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-hpfw-mqm3-33jh 4.7

uutils coreutils has a Link Following issue

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Record
GHSA-hpfw-mqm3-33jh
CVSS 3.1
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-35359 4.7

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35359
CVSS 3.1
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
coreutils
crates.io
through 0.8.0 None known
rust-coreutils
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
0.0.17-20.0.17-30.0.17-40.0.17-50.0.17-6
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0.0.19-10.0.19-20.0.19-30.0.20-10.0.21-10.0.22-10.0.23-10.0.23-20.0.23-30.0.24-10.0.24-20.0.26-10.0.26-20.0.26-30.0.26-40.0.26-50.0.27-10.0.27-20.0.27-30.0.30-10.0.30-20.0.30-30.0.30-3~exp10.0.30-40.10.0-10.11.0-10.11.0-20.12.0-10.6.0-10.7.0-10.8.0-10.8.0-20.8.0-30.8.0-40.8.0-50.8.0-60.9.0-10.9.0-20.9.0-3
None known
rust-coreutils
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
0.0.30-20.0.30-30.0.30-3~exp10.0.30-40.10.0-1
Show 14 moreShow less
0.11.0-10.11.0-20.12.0-10.6.0-10.7.0-10.8.0-10.8.0-20.8.0-30.8.0-40.8.0-50.8.0-60.9.0-10.9.0-20.9.0-3
None known
rust-coreutils
Debian:14
before 0.8.0-1, plus listed versions
0.0.30-20.0.30-30.0.30-3~exp10.0.30-40.6.0-10.7.0-1
0.8.0-1
rust-coreutils
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.0.20-10.0.22-10.0.23-10.0.23-20.0.23-30.0.24-10.0.24-2
None known
rust-coreutils
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
0.0.30-10.0.30-20.0.30-2ubuntu20.1.0-0ubuntu10.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu1
Show 11 moreShow less
0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu20.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu30.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu40.1.0+git20250801.cf79675-0ubuntu10.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu20.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu40.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu60.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu70.2.2-0ubuntu10.2.2-0ubuntu20.2.2-0ubuntu2.1
None known
rust-coreutils
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
0.8.0-0ubuntu30.8.0-0ubuntu40.9.0-2ubuntu20.10.0-1ubuntu10.10.0-1ubuntu2
Show 5 moreShow less
0.10.0-1ubuntu30.11.0-2ubuntu10.11.0-2ubuntu20.12.0-1ubuntu10.12.0-1ubuntu2
None known
rust-coreutils
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.2.2-0ubuntu20.2.2-0ubuntu40.5.0-0ubuntu10.5.0-0ubuntu20.6.0-0ubuntu10.7.0-0ubuntu10.8.0-0ubuntu30.10.0-1ubuntu2~26.04.1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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In short

CVE-2026-35359 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Uutils Coreutils, published April 22, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. Fixed in rust-coreutils 0.8.0-1.

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