CVE-2026-35365

medium

Description

The mv utility in uutils coreutils improperly handles directory trees containing symbolic links during moves across filesystem boundaries. Instead of preserving symlinks, the implementation expands them, copying the linked targets as real files or directories at the destination. This can lead to resource exhaustion (disk space or time) if symlinks point to large external directories, unexpected duplication of sensitive data into unintended locations, or infinite recursion and repeated copying in the presence of symlink loops.

References

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10546

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-22

Updated: 2026-04-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00013