Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality Affecting coreutils package, versions <0.8.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-COREUTILS-16191763
  • published24 Apr 2026
  • disclosed23 Apr 2026
  • creditZellic

Introduced: 23 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-35379  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-684  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade coreutils to version 0.8.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality due to incorrect handling of the [:graph:] and [:print:] character classes. An attacker can cause unintended data modification or loss by leveraging automated scripts or data-cleaning pipelines that depend on standard character class semantics.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1