CVE-2026-35379
This vulnerability leads to unintended data modification or loss when the utility is used in automated scripts or data-cleaning pipelines that rely on standard character class semantics.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A logic error in the tr utility of uutils coreutils causes the program to incorrectly define the [:graph:] and [:print:] character classes. The implementation mistakenly includes the ASCII space character (0x20) in the [:graph:] class and excludes it from the [:print:] class, effectively reversing the standard behavior established by POSIX and GNU coreutils. This vulnerability leads to unintended data modification or loss when the utility is used in automated scripts or data-cleaning pipelines that rely on standard character class semantics. For example, a command executed to delete all graphical characters while intending to preserve whitespace will incorrectly delete all ASCII spaces, potentially resulting in data corruption or logic failures in downstream processing.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.15% probability · 4th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-684
- Affected
- uutils/coreutils
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11405Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0Release Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.