CVE-2026-35352 Affecting uutils package, versions <0.9.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-UUTILS-17132180
  • published2 Jun 2026
  • disclosed22 Apr 2026

Introduced: 22 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-35352  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard uutils to version 0.9.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream uutils package and not the uutils package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mkfifo utility of uutils coreutils. The utility creates a FIFO and then performs a path-based chmod to set permissions. A local attacker with write access to the parent directory can swap the newly created FIFO for a symbolic link between these two operations. This redirects the chmod call to an arbitrary file, potentially enabling privilege escalation if the utility is run with elevated privileges.