What is CVE-2026-35338?

CVE-2026-35338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-35338?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Uutils Coreutils

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 ac…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.000 (1.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Uutils Coreutils — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10033 (patch, issue-tracking)
github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35338?: CVE-2026-35338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-35338?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.