CVE-2026-35360 | BDVDB-2026-328491 Detail
Uutilscoreutils
Description#
The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file creation. When the utility identifies a missing path, it later attempts creation using File::create(), which internally uses O_TRUNC. An attacker can exploit this window to create a file or swap a symlink at the target path, causing touch to truncate an existing file and leading to permanent data loss.
Impact#
CAPEC-29: Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
Weaknesses#
- CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
References#
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.