CVE-2026-35352 (GCVE-0-2026-35352)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 16:08 – Updated: 2026-05-04 17:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
uutils coreutils mkfifo Privilege Escalation via TOCTOU Race Condition
Summary
A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mkfifo utility of uutils coreutils. The utility creates a FIFO and then performs a path-based chmod to set permissions. A local attacker with write access to the parent directory can swap the newly created FIFO for a symbolic link between these two operations. This redirects the chmod call to an arbitrary file, potentially enabling privilege escalation if the utility is run with elevated privileges.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-24 13:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
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