GHSA-2m8x-mvfx-gwgjMediumCVSS 4.7

uutils coreutils has a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Published
April 22, 2026
Last Modified
April 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

The cp utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to an information disclosure race condition. Destination files are initially created with umask-derived permissions (e.g., 0644) before being restricted to their final mode (e.g., 0600) later in the process. A local attacker can race to open the file during this window; once obtained, the file descriptor remains valid and readable even after the permissions are tightened, exposing sensitive or private file contents.

🎯 Affected products1

  • rust/coreutils:<= 0.8.0

🔗 References (3)