CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93658

HighCVSS 7.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

uutils coreutils before version 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.

Risk Assessment

Risk: privilege escalation by unprivileged users through improperly secured setuid files.

Recommendation

Update uutils coreutils to version 0.10.0 or later, which fixes the order of permission setting operations.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS