CVE-2026-35369

MEDIUM EPSS 2.7%
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

An argument parsing error in the kill utility of uutils coreutils incorrectly interprets kill -1 as a request to send the default signal (SIGTERM) to PID -1. Sending a signal to PID -1 causes the kernel to terminate all processes visible to the caller, potentially leading to a system crash or massive process termination. This differs from GNU coreutils, which correctly recognizes -1 as a signal number in this context and would instead report a missing PID argument.

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
2.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation Validation

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
uutilscoreutils* <0.6.0

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9700
    Issue TrackingPatch
  • github.com https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0
    Release Notes

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9700
    Issue TrackingPatch