PT-2026-34505 · Unknown · Uutils Coreutils

Zellic · Published 2026-04-22 · Updated 2026-05-04 · CVE-2026-35369

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions uutils coreutils (affected versions not specified)

Description An argument parsing error in the kill utility incorrectly interprets the command 'kill -1' as a request to send the default signal (SIGTERM) to PID -1. Sending a signal to PID -1 causes the kernel to terminate all processes visible to the caller, which can lead to a system crash or massive process termination.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-35369

GHSA-GPCG-H6X2-C26P

Affected Products

Uutils Coreutils

References · 13

• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9700 · Patch
• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35369 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gpcg-h6x2-c26p · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-35369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-35369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35369 · Security Note
• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/2d3aebce6712841bc08b9b94e9078be50a25fc10 · Note
• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/162059 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2047012084744134826 · Twitter Post