CVE-2026-35370

uutils coreutils id Incorrect Access-Control Decisions via Misrepresented Group Membership

Published Apr 22, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The id utility in uutils coreutils miscalculates the groups= section of its output. The implementation uses a user's real GID instead of their effective GID to compute the group list, leading to potentially divergent output compared to GNU coreutils. Because many scripts and automated processes rely on the output of id to make security-critical access-control or permission decisions, this discrepancy can lead to unauthorized access or security misconfigurations.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q94g-3gcf-66x7 uutils coreutils has an Incorrect Authorization issue
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-47c7-qrm7-mqw7 id: groups= computed from real GID instead of effective GID
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:-:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
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First Time appeared Uutils
Uutils coreutils
Vendors & Products Uutils
Uutils coreutils
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description The id utility in uutils coreutils miscalculates the groups= section of its output. The implementation uses a user's real GID instead of their effective GID to compute the group list, leading to potentially divergent output compared to GNU coreutils. Because many scripts and automated processes rely on the output of id to make security-critical access-control or permission decisions, this discrepancy can lead to unauthorized access or security misconfigurations.
Title uutils coreutils id Incorrect Access-Control Decisions via Misrepresented Group Membership
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Apr 22, 2026, 5:47 PM
Reserved
Apr 2, 2026, 12:58 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 22, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM