CVE-2026-35375 PUBLISHED

uutils coreutils split Local Data Integrity Issue via Lossy Filename Encoding

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

A logic error in the split utility of uutils coreutils causes the corruption of output filenames when provided with non-UTF-8 prefix or suffix inputs. The implementation utilizes to_string_lossy() when constructing chunk filenames, which automatically rewrites invalid byte sequences into the UTF-8 replacement character (U+FFFD). This behavior diverges from GNU split, which preserves raw pathname bytes intact. In environments utilizing non-UTF-8 encodings, this vulnerability leads to the creation of files with incorrect names, potentially causing filename collisions, broken automation, or the misdirection of output data.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 3.3

Product Status

Vendor Uutils
Product coreutils
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.8.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Zellic finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-176: Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation