CVE-2026-35354CWE-367

uutils coreutils mv Security Xattr TOCTOU Race in Cross-Device

Medium · published April 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device moves. The extended attribute (xattr) preservation logic uses multiple path-based system calls that perform fresh path-to-inode lookups for each operation. A local attacker with write access to the directory can exploit this race to swap files between calls, causing the destination file to receive an inconsistent mix of security xattrs, such as SELinux labels or file capabilities.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00092 · 0.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Published
2026-04-22T16:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 APR 16:08Z
    uutils coreutils mv Security Xattr TOCTOU Race in Cross-Device
    cvelistv5