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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
1.5%
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 (2)
Uutils/coreutils
uutils/coreutils
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 22, 2026