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CVE-2026-35360

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 creati

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Severity
Medium · CVSS 6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.10% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianrust-coreutilssid0.12.0-1fixed
Debianrust-coreutilsforky0.12.0-1fixed
Debianrust-coreutilstrixie0.0.30-2vulnerable
Debianrust-coreutilsbookworm0.0.17-2vulnerable
Cperust-coreutilsNot reportedNot reportedvulnerable
CpecoreutilsNot reportedNot reportedunknown
CpecoreutilsNot reportedNot reportedunknown

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianrust-coreutilssourcesid0.10.0-1not yet assignedNot reported[1136044]
Debianrust-coreutilssourceforky0.10.0-1not yet assignedNot reported[1136044]
Debianrust-coreutilssourcetrixie(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1136044]
Debianrust-coreutilssourcebookworm(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1136044]

[Debian bug #1136044]

Notes

[trixie] rust-coreutils: Minor issue [bookworm] rust-coreutils: Minor issue

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [rust-coreutils]Affected
    Details (2)

    • 0.0.17-2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Affected

      nvd · rust-coreutils · debian · bookworm; nvd · rust-coreutils · debian · 12

    • 0.0.17-2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Affected

      nvd · rust-coreutils · debian · bookworm; nvd · rust-coreutils · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [rust-coreutils]Affected
    Details (2)

    • 0.0.30-2 · amd64 · trixie

      Affected

      nvd · rust-coreutils · debian · 13

    • 0.0.30-2 · arm64 · trixie

      Affected

      nvd · rust-coreutils · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]