CVE-2026-35366CWE-754

uutils coreutils printenv Security Inspection Bypass via UTF-8 Enforcement

Medium · published April 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00191 · 8.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-754 · Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Published
2026-04-22T16:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 APR 16:08Z
    uutils coreutils printenv Security Inspection Bypass via UTF-8 Enforcement
    cvelistv5