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This results in the existing file's permissions being changed to the default mode (often 644 after umask), potentially exposing sensitive files such as SSH private keys to other users on the system.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00165,"percentile":0.05777,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-281","CWE-732"],"published":"2026-04-22T16:07:39Z","modified":"2026-11-10T02:50:36Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"uu_mkfifo","fixed_in":["0.6.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"rust-coreutils","fixed_in":["0.10.0-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"rust-coreutils","fixed_in":["0.10.0-1ubuntu1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"uu_mkfifo","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"rust-coreutils","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.17-2","0.0.17-3","0.0.17-4","0.0.17-5","0.0.17-6","0.0.19-1","0.0.19-2","0.0.19-3","0.0.20-1","0.0.21-1","0.0.22-1","0.0.23-1","0.0.23-2","0.0.23-3","0.0.24-1","0.0.24-2","0.0.26-1","0.0.26-2","0.0.26-3","0.0.26-4","0.0.26-5","0.0.27-1","0.0.27-2","0.0.27-3","0.0.30-1","0.0.30-2","0.0.30-3","0.0.30-3~exp1","0.0.30-4","0.10.0-1","0.11.0-1","0.11.0-2","0.12.0-1","0.6.0-1","0.7.0-1","0.8.0-1","0.8.0-2","0.8.0-3","0.8.0-4","0.8.0-5","0.8.0-6","0.9.0-1","0.9.0-2","0.9.0-3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"rust-coreutils","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.30-2","0.0.30-3","0.0.30-3~exp1","0.0.30-4","0.10.0-1","0.11.0-1","0.11.0-2","0.12.0-1","0.6.0-1","0.7.0-1","0.8.0-1","0.8.0-2","0.8.0-3","0.8.0-4","0.8.0-5","0.8.0-6","0.9.0-1","0.9.0-2","0.9.0-3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"rust-coreutils","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.10.0-1"}]}],"versions":["0.0.30-2","0.0.30-3","0.0.30-3~exp1","0.0.30-4","0.6.0-1","0.7.0-1","0.8.0-1","0.8.0-2","0.8.0-3","0.8.0-4","0.8.0-5","0.8.0-6","0.9.0-1","0.9.0-2","0.9.0-3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"uu_mkfifo","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"rust-coreutils","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.20-1","0.0.22-1","0.0.23-1","0.0.23-2","0.0.23-3","0.0.24-1","0.0.24-2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","package":"rust-coreutils","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.30-1","0.0.30-2","0.0.30-2ubuntu2","0.1.0-0ubuntu1","0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu1","0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu2","0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu3","0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu4","0.1.0+git20250801.cf79675-0ubuntu1","0.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu2","0.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu4","0.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu6","0.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu7","0.2.2-0ubuntu1","0.2.2-0ubuntu2","0.2.2-0ubuntu2.1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"rust-coreutils","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.10.0-1ubuntu1"}]}],"versions":["0.8.0-0ubuntu3","0.8.0-0ubuntu4","0.9.0-2ubuntu2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"rust-coreutils","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.2.2-0ubuntu2","0.2.2-0ubuntu4","0.5.0-0ubuntu1","0.5.0-0ubuntu2","0.6.0-0ubuntu1","0.7.0-0ubuntu1","0.8.0-0ubuntu3","0.10.0-1ubuntu2~26.04.1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"uutils","product":"coreutils"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10020","tags":["issue-tracking","Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory","web","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/security/advisories/GHSA-pmf6-rcx4-v53v","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35341","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10376","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmf6-rcx4-v53v"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8m4-4v35-v6x3"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-35341","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-35341","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35341","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-35341","title":"uutils coreutils mkfifo Unauthorized Permission Change on Existing Files","description":"A vulnerability in uutils coreutils mkfifo allows for the unauthorized modification of permissions on existing files. When mkfifo fails to create a FIFO because a file already exists at the target path, it fails to terminate the operation for that path and continues to execute a follow-up set_permissions call. This results in the existing file's permissions being changed to the default mode (often 644 after umask), potentially exposing sensitive files such as SSH private keys to other users on the system.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-22T16:07:39.221Z","modified":"2026-04-24T13:43:36.473Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:05.505362Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-24969","description":"A vulnerability in uutils coreutils mkfifo allows for the unauthorized modification of permissions on existing files. When mkfifo fails to create a FIFO because a file already exists at the target path, it fails to terminate the operation for that path and continues to execute a follow-up set_permissions call. This results in the existing file's permissions being changed to the default mode (often 644 after umask), potentially exposing sensitive files such as SSH private keys to other users on the system.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-22T16:07:39Z","modified":"2026-04-24T13:43:36Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:18.636842Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-pmf6-rcx4-v53v","title":"mkfifo: permissions of an existing file are changed after FIFO creation fails","description":"When `mkfifo()` fails (e.g. target already exists), the code shows an error but is missing a `continue;`, so it falls through to `fs::set_permissions` and changes the permissions of the pre-existing file to the default FIFO mode (`0o666` \u0026 umask -\u003e `0644`).\n\n```\n$ touch secret; chmod 000 secret\n$ coreutils mkfifo secret fifo3 fifo4\nmkfifo: cannot create fifo 'secret': File exists\n$ ll secret      # uutils:\nprw-r--r-- secret   # changed to 644 (GNU leaves it 000)\n```\n\n**Impact:** an attacker (or user error) can relax permissions on sensitive owner-only files such as SSH private keys, exposing them to other users. Recommendation: add `continue;` after the error.\n\n**Remediation:** Acknowledged by Canonical; fixed in PR #10376.\n\n---\n_Reported by Zellic in the *uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment* (prepared for Canonical, Jan 20 2026), audited commit `3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242`. Finding 3.8. Credit: Zellic._\n\n_Upstream tracking issue: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10020 · CVE-2026-35341_","status":"published","published":"2026-07-06T21:53:34Z","modified":"2026-07-06T21:53:35Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-281","CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:40.389795Z"},{"id":"GHSA-w8m4-4v35-v6x3","title":"Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils allows unauthorized modification of permissions on existing files","description":"### Duplicate Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-pmf6-rcx4-v53v. This link is maintained to preserve external references.\n\n### Original Description\nA vulnerability in uutils coreutils mkfifo allows for the unauthorized modification of permissions on existing files. When mkfifo fails to create a FIFO because a file already exists at the target path, it fails to terminate the operation for that path and continues to execute a follow-up set_permissions call. This results in the existing file's permissions being changed to the default mode (often 644 after umask), potentially exposing sensitive files such as SSH private keys to other users on the system.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-04-22T18:31:44Z","modified":"2026-07-06T21:53:24Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:40.389795Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-35341","description":"A vulnerability in uutils coreutils mkfifo allows for the unauthorized modification of permissions on existing files. When mkfifo fails to create a FIFO because a file already exists at the target path, it fails to terminate the operation for that path and continues to execute a follow-up set_permissions call. 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This results in the existing file's permissions being changed to the default mode (often 644 after umask), potentially exposing sensitive files such as SSH private keys to other users on the system.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-22T17:16:36.06Z","modified":"2026-10-27T09:47:43.922882216Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:54.587575Z"},{"id":"GHSA-pmf6-rcx4-v53v","title":"mkfifo: permissions of an existing file are changed after FIFO creation fails","description":"When `mkfifo()` fails (e.g. target already exists), the code shows an error but is missing a `continue;`, so it falls through to `fs::set_permissions` and changes the permissions of the pre-existing file to the default FIFO mode (`0o666` \u0026 umask -\u003e `0644`).\n\n```\n$ touch secret; chmod 000 secret\n$ coreutils mkfifo secret fifo3 fifo4\nmkfifo: cannot create fifo 'secret': File exists\n$ ll secret      # uutils:\nprw-r--r-- secret   # changed to 644 (GNU leaves it 000)\n```\n\n**Impact:** an attacker (or user error) can relax permissions on sensitive owner-only files such as SSH private keys, exposing them to other users. Recommendation: add `continue;` after the error.\n\n**Remediation:** Acknowledged by Canonical; fixed in PR #10376.\n\n---\n_Reported by Zellic in the *uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment* (prepared for Canonical, Jan 20 2026), audited commit `3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242`. Finding 3.8. Credit: Zellic._\n\n_Upstream tracking issue: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10020 · CVE-2026-35341_","status":"published","published":"2026-07-06T21:53:34Z","modified":"2026-07-06T22:11:26.860551Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-281","CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:53.244788Z"},{"id":"GHSA-w8m4-4v35-v6x3","title":"Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils allows unauthorized modification of permissions on existing files","description":"### Duplicate Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-pmf6-rcx4-v53v. 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