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Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has an Incorrect Check of Function Return Value

Affects coreutilsSource GCVE Database

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CVSS 5.5 Medium : upgrade to 0.6.0 when convenient.

Data as of 7 Jul 2026, 12:28 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.6.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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

If you cannot patch yet, users should manually verify ownership changes or use alternative tools that correctly report errors during recursive operations.

Description

### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-2x2h-fw32-rq7v. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description A flaw in the ChownExecutor used by uutils coreutils chown and chgrp causes the utilities to return an incorrect exit code during recursive operations. The final exit code is determined only by the last file processed. If the last operation succeeds, the command returns 0 even if earlier ownership or group changes failed due to permission errors. This can lead to security misconfigurations where administrative scripts incorrectly assume that ownership has been successfully transferred across a directory tree.

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