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CVE-2026-35368— uutils coreutils chroot Local Privilege Escalation and chroot Escape in via Name Service Switch (NSS) Injection

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Uutils coreutils
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uutils coreutils是Uutils开源的一个跨平台核心命令行工具集。 uutils coreutils存在代码问题漏洞，该漏洞源于chroot使用--userspec选项时在进入chroot后解析用户规范，可能导致攻击者注入恶意NSS模块以root身份执行任意代码。

CVSS 7.2 · High EPSS 0.15% · P3
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-35368

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Vulnerability Title
uutils coreutils chroot Local Privilege Escalation and chroot Escape in via Name Service Switch (NSS) Injection
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
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 chroot but before dropping root privileges. On glibc-based systems, this can trigger the Name Service Switch (NSS) to load shared libraries (e.g., libnss_*.so.2) from the new root directory. If the NEWROOT is writable by an attacker, they can inject a malicious NSS module to execute arbitrary code as root, facilitating a full container escape or privilege escalation.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
uutils coreutils 代码问题漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
uutils coreutils是Uutils开源的一个跨平台核心命令行工具集。 uutils coreutils存在代码问题漏洞，该漏洞源于chroot使用--userspec选项时在进入chroot后解析用户规范，可能导致攻击者注入恶意NSS模块以root身份执行任意代码。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

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Same Patch Batch · Uutils · 2026-04-22 · 44 CVEs total

CVE-2026-35338 7.3 HIGH uutils coreutils chmod Path Traversal Bypass of --preserve-root
CVE-2026-35341 7.1 HIGH uutils coreutils mkfifo Unauthorized Permission Change on Existing Files
CVE-2026-35352 7.0 HIGH uutils coreutils mkfifo Privilege Escalation via TOCTOU Race Condition
CVE-2026-35349 6.7 MEDIUM uutils coreutils Path-Based Safety Bypass with --preserve-root
CVE-2026-35365 6.6 MEDIUM uutils coreutils mv Denial of Service and Data Duplication via Improper Symlink Expansion
CVE-2026-35350 6.6 MEDIUM uutils coreutils cp Unexpected Privileged Executable Creation with -p
CVE-2026-35374 6.3 MEDIUM uutils coreutils split Arbitrary File Truncation via Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU)
CVE-2026-35355 6.3 MEDIUM uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink TOCTOU Race
CVE-2026-35360 6.3 MEDIUM uutils coreutils touch Arbitrary File Truncation via TOCTOU Race Condition
CVE-2026-35356 6.3 MEDIUM uutils coreutils install Arbitrary File Overwrite with -D via Path Component Symlink Race
CVE-2026-35364 6.3 MEDIUM uutils coreutils mv Arbitrary File Overwrite via Cross-Device TOCTOU Race Condition
CVE-2026-35363 5.6 MEDIUM uutils coreutils rm Safeguard Bypass via Improper Path Normalization
CVE-2026-35380 5.5 MEDIUM uutils coreutils cut Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Delimiter Parsing
CVE-2026-35348 5.5 MEDIUM uutils coreutils sort Local Denial of Service via Forced UTF-8 Parsing
CVE-2026-35369 5.5 MEDIUM uutils coreutils kill System-wide Process Termination and Denial of Service via Argument M
CVE-2026-35340 5.5 MEDIUM uutils coreutils chown and chgrp False Success Exit Code in Recursive Mode
CVE-2026-35339 5.5 MEDIUM uutils coreutils chmod False Success Exit Code in Recursive Mode
CVE-2026-35345 5.3 MEDIUM uutils coreutils tail Privileged Information Disclosure via Symlink Replacement Race
CVE-2026-35372 5.0 MEDIUM uutils coreutils ln Security Bypass via Improper Handling of the --no-dereference Flag
CVE-2026-35359 4.7 MEDIUM uutils coreutils cp Information Disclosure via Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use Symlink Swap

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IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: coreutils
Same vendor: Uutils
Same weakness: CWE-426

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