CVE-2026-35348

MEDIUM EPSS 3.3%
Published Apr 22, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Apr 22, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The sort utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a process panic when using the --files0-from option with inputs containing non-UTF-8 filenames. The implementation enforces UTF-8 encoding and utilizes expect(), causing an immediate crash when encountering valid but non-UTF-8 paths. This diverges from GNU sort, which treats filenames as raw bytes. A local attacker can exploit this to crash the utility and disrupt automated pipelines.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
3.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-248

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
uutilscoreutils*any

References 1

  • github.com https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9696
    ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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