Description
The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.
Published: 2026-04-22
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Bypassing Security Inspection
Action: Update
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7259-cwhx-3xx3 uutils coreutils has an Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
History

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Uutils
Uutils coreutils
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 The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.
Title uutils coreutils printenv Security Inspection Bypass via UTF-8 Enforcement
Weaknesses CWE-754
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Uutils Coreutils
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-22T17:50:09.879Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T12:58:56.088Z

Link: CVE-2026-35366

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-22T17:49:59.355Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:40.167

Modified: 2026-05-04T18:52:42.390

Link: CVE-2026-35366

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-27T19:53:40Z

Weaknesses