CVE-2026-35358

Medium

Description

The cp utility in uutils coreutils, when performing recursive copies (-R), incorrectly treats character and block device nodes as stream sources rather than preserving them. Because the implementation reads bytes into regular files at the destination instead of using mknod, device semantics are destroyed (e.g., /dev/null becomes a regular file). This behavior can lead to runtime denial of service through disk exhaustion or process hangs when reading from unbounded device nodes.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability7. percentile0.2%
ProductUutils Coreutils
PublishedApr 22, 2026
First seenApr 22, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-706CWE-706

How to fix

Update
  • uutils coreutils0.7.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
uutils coreutilsv < 0.7.00.7.0

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