GHSA-rx8h-33gr-vhj9
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rx8h-33gr-vhj9
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-rx8h-33gr-vhj9/GHSA-rx8h-33gr-vhj9.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-rx8h-33gr-vhj9
- Withdrawn
- 2026-07-06T20:17:50Z
- Published
- 2026-04-22T18:31:45Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-10T03:51:03Z
- Severity
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- 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils' comm utility incorrectly consumes data from non-regular file inputs before performing comparison operations
- Details
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Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-3wfc-mgpm-9rq6. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
The comm utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly consumes data from non-regular file inputs before performing comparison operations. The are_files_identical function opens and reads from both input paths to compare content without first verifying if the paths refer to regular files. If an input path is a FIFO or a pipe, this pre-read operation drains the stream, leading to silent data loss before the actual comparison logic is executed. Additionally, the utility may hang indefinitely if it attempts to pre-read from infinite streams like /dev/zero.
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-20" ], "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-29T23:03:27Z", "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-22T17:16:36Z", "severity": "MODERATE" }- References
Affected packages
crates.io / coreutils
Package
- Name
- coreutils
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- Purl
- pkg:cargo/coreutils