CVE-2026-35352
HIGHuutils coreutils mkfifo Privilege Escalation via TOCTOU Race Condition
Title source: cnaDescription
A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mkfifo utility of uutils coreutils. The utility creates a FIFO and then performs a path-based chmod to set permissions. A local attacker with write access to the parent directory can swap the newly created FIFO for a symbolic link between these two operations. This redirects the chmod call to an arbitrary file, potentially enabling privilege escalation if the utility is run with elevated privileges.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10020
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
4.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-367
Status
published
Products (3)
crates.io/coreutils
0 - 0.8.0crates.io
Uutils/coreutils
uutils/coreutils
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 22, 2026