CVE-2026-35352

HIGH

uutils coreutils mkfifo Privilege Escalation via TOCTOU Race Condition

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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