CVE-2026-93658

uutils coreutils 0.0.18 before 0.10.0 Privilege Escalation via setuid

Published: Sep 18, 2026Updated: Sep 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-281

7.0HIGH

Description

uutils coreutils versions before 0.10.0 apply setuid or setgid mode to install destinations before finalizing ownership changes, allowing privileged users to leave setuid executables owned by the privileged invoker when ownership changes fail. Attackers can execute leftover setuid files with elevated privileges when ownership change operations fail on capability-restricted systems.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-281

Affected Products

uutils

oss-projectaka coreutils

coreutilsLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

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References

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils

github.com

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/blob/0.9.0/src/uu/install/src/install.rs

github.com

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/7c87ab04fee8e52d989fb2625568a3eeda1b1f55

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