CVE-2026-35366 PUBLISHED

uutils coreutils printenv Security Inspection Bypass via UTF-8 Enforcement

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

The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.4

Product Status

Vendor Uutils
Product coreutils
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.6.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Zellic finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-176: Configuration/Environment Manipulation