CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-35339

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-22 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-22
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-253

Description

The recursive mode (-R) of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 (success) even if errors were encountered on previous files, such as 'Operation not permitted'. Scripts relying on these exit codes may proceed under a false sense of success while sensitive files remain with restrictive or incorrect permissions.

Affected configurations

• uutils coreutils (< 0.6.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-253 Incorrect Check of Function Return Value weakness

References