CVE-2026-35375
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A logic error in the split utility of uutils coreutils causes the corruption of output filenames when provided with non-UTF-8 prefix or suffix inputs. The implementation utilizes to_string_lossy() when constructing chunk filenames, which automatically rewrites invalid byte sequences into the UTF-8 replacement character (U+FFFD). This behavior diverges from GNU split, which preserves raw pathname bytes intact. In environments utilizing non-UTF-8 encodings, this vulnerability leads to the creation of files with incorrect names, potentially causing filename collisions, broken automation, or the misdirection of output data.
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-vx9m-xjwf-8cqmuutils coreutils has an Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Issue2026-04-22ghsa · osvUS
A logic error in the split utility of uutils coreutils causes the corruption of output filenames when provided with non-UTF-8 prefix or suffix inputs. The implementation utilizes to_string_lossy() when constructing chunk filenames, which automatically rewrites invalid byte sequences into the UTF-8 replacement character (U+FFFD). This behavior diverges from GNU split, which preserves raw pathname bytes intact. In environments utilizing non-UTF-8 encodings, this vulnerability leads to the creation of files with incorrect names, potentially causing filename collisions, broken automation, or the misdirection of output data.
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references (5)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35375cnnvd
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11397enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11397ExploitIssue TrackingPatchnvd
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0Release Notesnvd
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