CVE-2026-35359 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-35359: uutils coreutils cp Information Disclosure via Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use Symlink Swap

Vendor Uutils
Product coreutils
Weakness CWE-367
Published April 22, 2026
Last update April 22, 2026

CVSS base score

4.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the cp utility of uutils coreutils allows an attacker to bypass no-dereference intent. The utility checks if a source path is a symbolic link using path-based metadata but subsequently opens it without the O_NOFOLLOW flag. An attacker with concurrent write access can swap a regular file for a symbolic link during this window, causing a privileged cp process to copy the contents of arbitrary sensitive files into a destination controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 22, 2026 CVE published
April 22, 2026 Record updated