GHSA-xh5h-p8c5-4w4x

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xh5h-p8c5-4w4x
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-xh5h-p8c5-4w4x/GHSA-xh5h-p8c5-4w4x.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-xh5h-p8c5-4w4x
Downstream
CGA (212)
Withdrawn
2026-07-06T19:53:31Z
Published
2026-04-22T18:31:46Z
Modified
2026-09-10T03:50:44Z
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
Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has an Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Issue
Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-jcjr-rh8q-7xqf. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

A logic error in the ln utility of uutils coreutils causes the program to reject source paths containing non-UTF-8 filename bytes when using target-directory forms (e.g., ln SOURCE... DIRECTORY). While GNU ln treats filenames as raw bytes and creates the links correctly, the uutils implementation enforces UTF-8 encoding, resulting in a failure to stat the file and a non-zero exit code. In environments where automated scripts or system tasks process valid but non-UTF-8 filenames common on Unix filesystems, this divergence causes the utility to fail, leading to a local denial of service for those specific operations.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-176"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-30T18:00:21Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-04-22T17:16:41Z",
    "severity":  "LOW"
}
References

Affected packages

crates.io / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
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Purl
pkg:cargo/coreutils

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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-xh5h-p8c5-4w4x/GHSA-xh5h-p8c5-4w4x.json"