Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting coreutils package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-COREUTILS-16297964
  • published26 Apr 2026
  • disclosed23 Apr 2026
  • creditZellic

Introduced: 23 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-35364  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for coreutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition via the mv process. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files by exploiting a race condition during cross-device move operations, where the destination path is removed and recreated, allowing the attacker to replace it with a symbolic link before the copy occurs. This enables redirection of the write operation to an unintended file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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