GHSA-5v4g-vw9x-h534

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v4g-vw9x-h534
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-5v4g-vw9x-h534/GHSA-5v4g-vw9x-h534.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5v4g-vw9x-h534
Aliases
  • CVE-2026-35377
Related
Published
2026-04-22T18:31:46Z
Modified
2026-06-01T18:14:15.107527974Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
uutils coreutils has an Improper Input Validation Issue in its env Utility
Details

A logic error in the env utility of uutils coreutils causes a failure to correctly parse command-line arguments when utilizing the -S (split-string) option. In GNU env, backslashes within single quotes are treated literally (with the exceptions of \ and \'). However, the uutils implementation incorrectly attempts to validate these sequences, resulting in an "invalid sequence" error and an immediate process termination with an exit status of 125 when encountering valid but unrecognized sequences like \a or \x. This divergence from GNU behavior breaks compatibility for automated scripts and administrative workflows that rely on standard split-string semantics, leading to a local denial of service for those operations.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-22T17:16:42Z",
    "severity": "LOW",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-30T18:02:30Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

crates.io / coreutils

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
0.8.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-5v4g-vw9x-h534/GHSA-5v4g-vw9x-h534.json"