What is CVE-2026-35372?

CVE-2026-35372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-35372?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils

CVE-2026-35372

A logic error in the ln utility of uutils coreutils allows the utility to dereference a symbolic link target even when the --no-dereference (or -n) flag is explicitly provided. The implementation previously only honored the "no-dereference…

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Uutils Coreutils — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-61 — UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35372?: CVE-2026-35372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Uutils Coreutils, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-35372?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.