CVE-2026-35344
LOWuutils coreutils dd Silent Data Corruption via Unconditional Truncation Error Suppression
Title source: cnaDescription
The dd utility in uutils coreutils suppresses errors during file truncation operations by unconditionally calling Result::ok() on truncation attempts. While intended to mimic GNU behavior for special files like /dev/null, the uutils implementation also hides failures on regular files and directories caused by full disks or read-only file systems. This can lead to silent data corruption in backup or migration scripts, as the utility may report a successful operation even when the destination file contains old or garbage data.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9745
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
1.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-252
Status
published
Products (3)
crates.io/coreutils
0crates.io
Uutils/coreutils
uutils/coreutils
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 22, 2026