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Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has an Incorrect Authorization issue

Affects coreutilsSource GCVE Database

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CVSS 4.4 Medium.

Data as of 7 Jul 2026, 12:28 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.4Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
crates.iocoreutilsAffected
  • <=0.8.0
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Until an official fix is available, users should be cautious when relying on uutils coreutils' id output for security-critical decisions and consider using alternative tools or verified versions.

Description

### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-47c7-qrm7-mqw7. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description The id utility in uutils coreutils miscalculates the groups= section of its output. The implementation uses a user's real GID instead of their effective GID to compute the group list, leading to potentially divergent output compared to GNU coreutils. Because many scripts and automated processes rely on the output of id to make security-critical access-control or permission decisions, this discrepancy can lead to unauthorized access or security misconfigurations.

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