What is CVE-2026-35351?

CVE-2026-35351 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-35351?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils

CVE-2026-35351

The mv utility in uutils coreutils fails to preserve file ownership during moves across different filesystem boundaries. The utility falls back to a copy-and-delete routine that creates the destination file using the caller's UID/GID rathe…

EPSS: 0.000 (5.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Uutils Coreutils

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9714 (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35351?: CVE-2026-35351 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-35351?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.