Improper Preservation of Permissions 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-16297988
  • published26 Apr 2026
  • disclosed23 Apr 2026
  • creditZellic

Introduced: 23 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-35350  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-281  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for coreutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Preservation of Permissions via the cp process when using the -p flag. An attacker can create files with unintended setuid or setgid bits by copying files and failing to preserve ownership, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1