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

Affects coreutilsSource GCVE Database

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CVSS 3.6 Low : upgrade to 0.6.0 when convenient.

Data as of 7 Jul 2026, 12:28 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.6Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.6.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What to do

Upgrade coreutils to 0.6.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
crates.iocoreutilsAffected
  • <0.6.0
Fixed in
  • 0.6.0

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AI-suggested

Until then, avoid running vulnerable versions on non-Linux Unix-like systems if possible.

Description

### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-w6xc-g9qj-vp32. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description The safe_traversal module in uutils coreutils, which provides protection against Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) symlink races using file-descriptor-relative syscalls, is incorrectly limited to Linux targets. On other Unix-like systems such as macOS and FreeBSD, the utility fails to utilize these protections, leaving directory traversal operations vulnerable to symlink race conditions.

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