CVE-2026-35366

MEDIUM

uutils coreutils printenv Security Inspection Bypass via UTF-8 Enforcement

Title source: cna

Description

The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-754
Status published
Products (1)
Uutils/coreutils < 0.6.0
Published Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 22, 2026