GHSA-q6m9-xj2w-xmrcMediumCVSS 6.3
uutils coreutils has a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file creation. When the utility identifies a missing path, it later attempts creation using File::create(), which internally uses O_TRUNC. An attacker can exploit this window to create a file or swap a symlink at the target path, causing touch to truncate an existing file and leading to permanent data loss.
🎯 Affected products1
- rust/coreutils:<= 0.8.0