Improper Input Validation Affecting coreutils package, versions <0.6.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-COREUTILS-16297960
  • published26 Apr 2026
  • disclosed23 Apr 2026
  • creditZellic

Introduced: 23 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-35369  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade coreutils to version 0.6.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via the argument parsing process in the kill utility. An attacker can cause system-wide process termination or a system crash by passing the argument -1, which is misinterpreted as a request to send a signal to all processes visible to the caller.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1