CVE-2026-35372

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35372
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-35372.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-35372
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2026-04-22T16:08:58.696Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:12:58.214707503Z
Severity
  • 5.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
uutils coreutils ln Security Bypass via Improper Handling of the --no-dereference Flag
Details

A logic error in the ln utility of uutils coreutils allows the utility to dereference a symbolic link target even when the --no-dereference (or -n) flag is explicitly provided. The implementation previously only honored the "no-dereference" intent if the --force (overwrite) mode was also enabled. This flaw causes ln to follow a symbolic link that points to a directory and create new links inside that target directory instead of treating the symbolic link itself as the destination. In environments where a privileged user or system script uses ln -n to update a symlink, a local attacker could manipulate existing symbolic links to redirect file creation into sensitive directories, potentially leading to unauthorized file creation or system misconfiguration.

Database specific 
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    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-61"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "canonical"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/uutils/coreutils

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
c4093734e2ebe2efb7d65e216cd1444664bcf26a
Database specific 
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    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.8.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1
0.0.12
0.0.13
0.0.14
0.0.15
0.0.16
0.0.17
0.0.18
0.0.19
0.0.2
0.0.20
0.0.21
0.0.22
0.0.23
0.0.24
0.0.25
0.0.26
0.0.27
0.0.28
0.0.29
0.0.3
0.0.30
0.0.30-delete
0.0.5
0.0.6
0.0.7
0.0.8
0.0.9
0.1.0
0.2.0
0.2.2
0.3.0
0.4.0
0.5.0
0.6.0
0.7.0
Other
latest-commit

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-35372.json"