GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-mh5c-xrmh-m794 uutils coreutils has an Untrusted Search Path
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-35368
- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- coreutils
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-30
Affected packages
• crates.io coreutils: <= 0.8.0 (no fix yet)
Description
A vulnerability exists in the chroot utility of uutils coreutils when using the --userspec option. The utility resolves the user specification via getpwnam() after entering the chroot but before dropping root privileges. On glibc-based systems, this can trigger the Name Service Switch (NSS) to load shared libraries (e.g., libnss_*.so.2) from the new root directory. If the NEWROOT is writable by an attacker, they can inject a malicious NSS module to execute arbitrary code as root, facilitating a full container escape or privilege escalation.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-35368 A vulnerability exists in the chroot utility of uutils coreutils when using the --userspec option. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness