CVE-2026-35364CWE-367

uutils coreutils mv Arbitrary File Overwrite via Cross-Device TOCTOU Race Condition

Medium · published April 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device operations. The utility removes the destination path before recreating it through a copy operation. A local attacker with write access to the destination directory can exploit this window to replace the destination with a symbolic link. The subsequent privileged move operation will follow the symlink, allowing the attacker to redirect the write and overwrite an arbitrary target file with contents from the source.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00096 · 0.6th 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 Arbitrary File Overwrite via Cross-Device TOCTOU Race Condition
    cvelistv5