CVE-2026-35359 Affecting uutils package, versions <0.9.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-UUTILS-17132580
  • published2 Jun 2026
  • disclosed22 Apr 2026

Introduced: 22 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-35359  (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) 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.