CVE-2026-35362
uucore: safe_traversal TOCTOU protection only enabled on Linux
3.6
LOW
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
Description
The safe_traversal module in uutils coreutils, which provides protection against Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) symlink races using file-descriptor-relative syscalls, is incorrectly limited to Linux targets. On other Unix-like systems such as macOS and FreeBSD, the utility fails to utilize these protections, leaving directory traversal operations vulnerable to symlink race conditions.
How to fix CVE-2026-35362
To remediate CVE-2026-35362, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.6.0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.6.0 or later
Is CVE-2026-35362 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.6.0
- from 0, < 0.6.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |