GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-mh5c-xrmh-m794 uutils coreutils has an Untrusted Search Path

HIGH Published 2026-04-22 Modified 2026-04-30 Official page ↗
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

References