Description
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.
Published: 2026-04-22
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Information Disclosure
Action: Update or Mitigate
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hpfw-mqm3-33jh uutils coreutils has a Link Following issue
History

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +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 18:15:00 +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 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.
Title uutils coreutils cp Information Disclosure via Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use Symlink Swap
Weaknesses CWE-367
CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Uutils Coreutils
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-22T17:50:54.548Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-35359

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-22T17:50:44.706Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:38.537

Modified: 2026-04-24T19:02:25.720

Link: CVE-2026-35359

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T08:15:23Z

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