Out-of-bounds Write Affecting coreutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-COREUTILS-18306717
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed24 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-56391  (opens in a new tab)
CVE-2026-56392  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the unexpand process when handling unusually large tab stop values, leading to an undersized buffer. An attacker can cause the process to crash or manipulate memory by supplying specially crafted input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1