Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-4x34-chg5-mwjj. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multipl...

GHSA-9GQX-53GP-C8G3 Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-4c7q-4928-8445. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism...

GHSA-VP6Q-MV9J-J428 Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-4x34-chg5-mwjj. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multipl...

CVE-2026-35338

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

CVE-2026-35339

The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 success even if error...

CVE-2026-35338

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35339

The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 success even if error...

CVE-2026-35339

The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 success even if error...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35338

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

CVE-2026-35353 uutils coreutils mkdir Permission Exposure Race Condition with -m

The mkdir utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly applies permissions when using the -m flag by creating a directory with umask-derived permissions typically 0755 before subsequently changing them to the requested mode via a separate chmod system call. In multi-user environments, this introduces ...

CVE-2026-35353

The mkdir utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly applies permissions when using the -m flag by creating a directory with umask-derived permissions typically 0755 before subsequently changing them to the requested mode via a separate chmod system call. In multi-user environments, this introduces ...

CVE-2026-35339

The CVE-2026-35339 entry concerns the recursive mode (-R) of uutils coreutils chmod. Affected component: chmod in uutils coreutils. Issue: exit codes are determined by the last file processed, allowing an exit code of 0 despite prior errors (e.g., Operation not permitted). Impact: scripts relying...

CVE-2026-35339 uutils coreutils chmod False Success Exit Code in Recursive Mode

The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 success even if error...

CVE-2026-35339 uutils coreutils chmod False Success Exit Code in Recursive Mode

The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 success even if error...

CVE-2026-35339 uutils coreutils chmod False Success Exit Code in Recursive Mode

The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 success even if error...

CVE-2026-35339

The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 success even if error...

CVE-2026-35339

The recursive mode -R of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 success even if error...

CVE-2026-35338 uutils coreutils chmod Path Traversal Bypass of --preserve-root

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...

CVE-2026-35338

Summary: CVE-2026-35338 affects the chmod utility in the uutils coreutils package. The vulnerability arises because the implementation only checks if the target path is exactly “/” and does not canonicalize the path, allowing path variants like “/../” or symbolic links to bypass --preserve-root. ...

CVE-2026-35338

A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbol...