GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf/GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf

Withdrawn

2026-07-06T19:54:01Z

Published

2026-04-22T18:31:45Z

Modified

2026-09-10T03:50:44Z

Severity

6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-239g-2685-54x3. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

The install utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file installation. The implementation unlinks an existing destination file and then recreates it using a path-based operation without the O_EXCL flag. A local attacker can exploit the window between the unlink and the subsequent creation to swap the path with a symbolic link, allowing them to redirect privileged writes to overwrite arbitrary system files.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-367"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-30T17:10:01Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-04-22T17:16:37Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

crates.io / coreutils

Package

Name: coreutils; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:cargo/coreutils

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.6.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf/GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf.json"