Description
The sort utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a process panic when using the --files0-from option with inputs containing non-UTF-8 filenames. The implementation enforces UTF-8 encoding and utilizes expect(), causing an immediate crash when encountering valid but non-UTF-8 paths. This diverges from GNU sort, which treats filenames as raw bytes. A local attacker can exploit this to crash the utility and disrupt automated pipelines.
Published: 2026-04-22
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Update
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f2jv-wjjc-2c94 uutils coreutils has an Uncaught Exception When Encountering Valid but Non-UTF-8 Paths
History

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Uutils
Uutils coreutils
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:-:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Vendors & Products Uutils
Uutils coreutils

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The sort utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a process panic when using the --files0-from option with inputs containing non-UTF-8 filenames. The implementation enforces UTF-8 encoding and utilizes expect(), causing an immediate crash when encountering valid but non-UTF-8 paths. This diverges from GNU sort, which treats filenames as raw bytes. A local attacker can exploit this to crash the utility and disrupt automated pipelines.
Title uutils coreutils sort Local Denial of Service via Forced UTF-8 Parsing
Weaknesses CWE-248
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Uutils Coreutils
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-22T18:21:11.748Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T12:58:56.087Z

Link: CVE-2026-35348

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-22T18:18:16.368Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:37.040

Modified: 2026-04-24T18:57:20.927

Link: CVE-2026-35348

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-27T19:54:37Z

Weaknesses