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GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf: Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition

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Medium
Published: 04/22/2026 (04/22/2026, 18:31:45 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Product: coreutils

Description

### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-239g-2685-54x3. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description The install utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file installation. The implementation unlinks an existing destination file and then recreates it using a path-based operation without the O_EXCL flag. A local attacker can exploit the window between the unlink and the subsequent creation to swap the path with a symbolic link, allowing them to redirect privileged writes to overwrite arbitrary system files.

CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected software

crates.ioghsa
coreutils
Affected versions
<0.6.0

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
GHSA-v24v-f45g-w7jf
Osv Schema Version
1.4.0
Aliases
[]
Ecosystems
["crates.io"]
Database Specific Severity
MODERATE
Cvss Version
3.1

Threat ID: 6a4c341a27e9c797195f841b

Added to database: 07/06/2026, 23:02:50 UTC

Last updated: 07/06/2026, 23:02:50 UTC

Views: 1

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