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TI-2026-27518 Aliases CVE-2026-35380GHSA-m2pg-c7m6-77pj

uutils coreutils cut Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Delimiter Parsing

Priority LOW 24CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

A logic error in the cut utility of uutils coreutils causes the program to incorrectly interpret the literal two-byte string '' (two single quotes) as an empty delimiter. The implementation mistakenly maps this string to the NUL character for both the -d (delimiter) and --output-delimiter options. This vulnerability can lead to silent data corruption or logic errors in automated scripts and data pipelines that process strings containing these characters, as the utility may unintentionally split or join data on NUL bytes rather than the intended literal characters.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00157 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed coreutils (Uutils): 0.8.0coreutils (crates.io): 0.8.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Uutilscoreutilsbefore 0.8.00.8.0Patch availableCNA
—coreutils (crates.io)before 0.8.00.8.0Patch availableGHSA-m2pg-c7m6-77pj
  • coreutils VendorUutils Affected before 0.8.0 Fixed in 0.8.0 Patch available CNA
  • coreutils (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.8.0 Fixed in 0.8.0 Patch available GHSA-m2pg-c7m6-77pj

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*before 0.8.0VulnerableUutils
  • cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions before 0.8.0 Vulnerable ·Uutils

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA coreutils (Uutils) Fixed in 0.8.0
  • Fix · GHSA-m2pg-c7m6-77pj coreutils (crates.io) Fixed in 0.8.0 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Uutils coreutils — github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0

    7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-27517 uutils coreutils tr Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Character Class HandlingPriority MEDIUM 49
    • TI-2026-27516 uutils coreutils expr Local Denial of Service via Eager Evaluation of Parenthesized SubexpressionsPriority MEDIUM 49
    • TI-2026-27513 uutils coreutils split Local Data Integrity Issue via Lossy Filename EncodingPriority MEDIUM 49
    Show all 7 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35380
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2pg-c7m6-77pj

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2026-27506 uutils coreutils chroot Local Privilege Escalation and chroot Escape in via Name Service Switch (NSS) Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-27498 uutils coreutils touch Arbitrary File Truncation via TOCTOU Race Condition CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2026-27488 uutils coreutils cp Unexpected Privileged Executable Creation with -p CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
  • TI-2026-27502 uutils coreutils mv Arbitrary File Overwrite via Cross-Device TOCTOU Race Condition CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2026-27493 uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink TOCTOU Race CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2026-27511 uutils coreutils ln Local Denial of Service via Improper Handling of Non-UTF-8 Filenames CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
See all 43 →

Sources

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