CVE-2026-35346
LOW EPSS 7.2%
Published Apr 22, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
3.3 CVSS 3.1
Published Apr 22, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago
Description
The comm utility in uutils coreutils silently corrupts data by performing lossy UTF-8 conversion on all output lines. The implementation uses String::from_utf8_lossy(), which replaces invalid UTF-8 byte sequences with the Unicode replacement character (U+FFFD). This behavior differs from GNU comm, which processes raw bytes and preserves the original input. This results in corrupted output when the utility is used to compare binary files or files using non-UTF-8 legacy encodings.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low
Availability None
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
7.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-176
Affected Products 1
| Vendor | Product | Version | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| uutils | coreutils | * | <0.6.0 |
References 3
- github.com https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10192
- github.com https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10206
- github.com https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0
Remediation
- github.com https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10206