Coreutils

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First CVE: Apr 22, 2026 · Active for under a year

44
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 97% of tracked products
44.0
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 99% of tracked products
5.0
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 9% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Coreutils over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Apr 22, 2026
3 months ago
Most Recent CVE
Apr 22, 2026
93 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

Coreutils44 CVEs
All CVEs352,294 CVEs
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local44 (100.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low31 (70.5%)
High13 (29.5%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None41 (93.2%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required3 (6.8%)
Privileges Required
Low42 (95.5%)
High1 (2.3%)
None1 (2.3%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (44 CVEs).

44 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
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 chr
Apr 22, 20267.827NONO
A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection. The implementation uses a path-string check rather than comparing device an
Apr 22, 20267.724NONO
A vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is litera
Apr 22, 20267.324NONO
A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mkfifo utility of uutils coreutils. The utility creates a FIFO and then performs a path-based chmod to set perm
Apr 22, 20267.023NONO
A vulnerability in uutils coreutils mkfifo allows for the unauthorized modification of permissions on existing files. When mkfifo fails to create a FIFO because a file already exis
Apr 22, 20267.123NONO
The mv utility in uutils coreutils improperly handles directory trees containing symbolic links during moves across filesystem boundaries. Instead of preserving symlinks, the imple
Apr 22, 20266.622NONO
The cp utility in uutils coreutils fails to properly handle setuid and setgid bits when ownership preservation fails. When copying with the -p (preserve) flag, the utility applies
Apr 22, 20266.622NONO
A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the split utility of uutils coreutils. The program attempts to prevent data loss by checking for identity between in
Apr 22, 20266.321NONO
A logic error in the ln utility of uutils coreutils causes the program to reject source paths containing non-UTF-8 filename bytes when using target-directory forms (e.g., ln SOURCE
Apr 22, 20265.521NONO
A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device operations. The utility removes the destination path before
Apr 22, 20266.321NONO

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (44 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (44 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (44 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Coreutils

Top CWEs

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