CVE-2026-35360 (GCVE-0-2026-35360)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 16:08 – Updated: 2026-04-22 18:03
VLAI
Title
uutils coreutils touch Arbitrary File Truncation via TOCTOU Race Condition
Summary
The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file creation. When the utility identifies a missing path, it later attempts creation using File::create(), which internally uses O_TRUNC. An attacker can exploit this window to create a file or swap a symlink at the target path, causing touch to truncate an existing file and leading to permanent data loss.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-22 18:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
canonical CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 58 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Uutils coreutils guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Zellic
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