GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-3wfc-mgpm-9rq6 comm: FIFO/pipe inputs are drained before comparison (data loss / hang)
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-35347
- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- uu_comm
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-06
Affected packages
• crates.io uu_comm: < 0.6.0 → fixed in 0.6.0
Description
The comm utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly consumes data from non-regular file inputs before performing comparison operations. The are_files_identical function opens and reads from both input paths to compare content without first verifying if the paths refer to regular files. If an input path is a FIFO or a pipe, this pre-read operation drains the stream, leading to silent data loss before the actual comparison logic is executed. Additionally, the utility may hang indefinitely if it attempts to pre-read from infinite streams like /dev/zero.
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_Zellic finding 3.35. Reported in the Zellic *uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment* (for Canonical, Jan 2026), audited commit `3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242`._
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-35347 The comm utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly consumes data from non-regular file inputs before performing comparison operations. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/security/advisories/GHSA-3wfc-mgpm-9rq6 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35347 advisory
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9545 web
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/75f45e87e52ed95840494963ab9a28651165d56e web
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils package
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0 web