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Vulnerability details: VCID-8wt1-5kr6-3bh4
Vulnerability ID VCID-8wt1-5kr6-3bh4
Aliases CVE-2026-35360
GHSA-q6m9-xj2w-xmrc
Summary The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file creation. When the utility identifies a missing path, it later attempts creation using File::create(), which internally uses O_TRUNC. An attacker can exploit this window to create a file or swap a symlink at the target path, causing touch to truncate an existing file and leading to permanent data loss.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
System Score Found at
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35360
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35360
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35360
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35360
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6m9-xj2w-xmrc
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10019
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10019
ssvc Track* https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10019
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35360
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35360
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35360
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35360
10019 https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10019
1136044 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1136044
GHSA-q6m9-xj2w-xmrc https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6m9-xj2w-xmrc
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10019
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-04-22T18:03:23Z/ Found at https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10019
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35360
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.02658
EPSS Score 0.00014
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T16:44:59.288489+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/35xxx/CVE-2026-35360.json 38.6.0