GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-2w8r-9xj7-69j5 mktemp: empty TMPDIR creates temp files in CWD instead of /tmp
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-35342
- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- uu_mktemp
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-377
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-06
Affected packages
• crates.io uu_mktemp: < 0.6.0 → fixed in 0.6.0
Description
The mktemp utility in uutils coreutils fails to properly handle an empty TMPDIR environment variable. Unlike GNU mktemp, which falls back to /tmp when TMPDIR is an empty string, the uutils implementation treats the empty string as a valid path. This causes temporary files to be created in the current working directory (CWD) instead of the intended secure temporary directory. If the CWD is more permissive or accessible to other users than /tmp, it may lead to unintended information disclosure or unauthorized access to temporary data.
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_Zellic finding 3.11. Reported in the Zellic *uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment* (for Canonical, Jan 2026), audited commit `3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242`._
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-35342 The mktemp utility in uutils coreutils fails to properly handle an empty TMPDIR environment variable. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/security/advisories/GHSA-2w8r-9xj7-69j5 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35342 advisory
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10566 web
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/eb25ec328b226d8fbbaa4058bf9187165bf06d51 web
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils package
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0 web