What is CVE-2026-35340?

CVE-2026-35340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under CWE-253. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-35340?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils

CVE-2026-35340

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 operatio…

EPSS: 0.000 (3.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Uutils Coreutils — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-253

References

security@ubuntu.com (issue-tracking, Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
security@ubuntu.com (vendor-advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35340?: CVE-2026-35340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under CWE-253. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-35340?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.