GHSA-88CH-Q68X-36V7 uutils coreutils has an Incorrect Check of Function Return Value

A flaw in the ChownExecutor used by uutils coreutils chown and chgrp causes the utilities to return an incorrect exit code during recursive operations. The final exit code is determined only by the last file processed. If the last operation succeeds, the command returns 0 even if earlier ownershi...

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...