GHSA-wh8p-h9hw-x2mcLowCVSS 3.3

uutils coreutils has an Unchecked Return Value Issue

Published
April 22, 2026
Last Modified
April 29, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

The dd utility in uutils coreutils suppresses errors during file truncation operations by unconditionally calling Result::ok() on truncation attempts. While intended to mimic GNU behavior for special files like /dev/null, the uutils implementation also hides failures on regular files and directories caused by full disks or read-only file systems. This can lead to silent data corruption in backup or migration scripts, as the utility may report a successful operation even when the destination file contains old or garbage data.

🎯 Affected products1

  • rust/coreutils:<= 0.8.0

🔗 References (3)