CVE-2026-35364 PUBLISHED

uutils coreutils mv Arbitrary File Overwrite via Cross-Device TOCTOU Race Condition

Assigner: canonical
Reserved: 02.04.2026 Published: 22.04.2026 Updated: 22.04.2026

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device operations. The utility removes the destination path before recreating it through a copy operation. A local attacker with write access to the destination directory can exploit this window to replace the destination with a symbolic link. The subsequent privileged move operation will follow the symlink, allowing the attacker to redirect the write and overwrite an arbitrary target file with contents from the source.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor Uutils
Product coreutils
Versions Default: affected

Credits

  • Zellic finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-367: Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Condition CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-29: Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions