GHSA-88ch-q68x-36v7: Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has an Incorrect Check of Function Return Value
### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-2x2h-fw32-rq7v.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.
GHSA-88ch-q68x-36v7: Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has an Incorrect Check of Function Return Value
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### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-2x2h-fw32-rq7v.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.
CVSS v3.1
Affected software
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Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-88ch-q68x-36v7
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["crates.io"]
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a4c341f27e9c797195f92d1
Added to database: 07/06/2026, 23:02:55 UTC
Last updated: 07/06/2026, 23:02:55 UTC
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