CVE-2026-35345

A vulnerability in the tail utility of uutils coreutils allows for the exfiltration of sensitive file contents when using the --follow=name option. Unlike GNU tail, the uutils implementation continues to monitor a path after it has been replaced by a symbolic link, subsequently outputting the contents of the link's target. In environments where a privileged user (e.g., root) monitors a log directory, a local attacker with write access to that directory can replace a log file with a symlink to a sensitive system file (such as /etc/shadow), causing tail to disclose the contents of the sensitive file.
Configurations

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History

22 Apr 2026, 19:17

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References () https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10328 - () https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10328 -

22 Apr 2026, 17:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-04-22 17:16

Updated : 2026-04-22 21:23


NVD link : CVE-2026-35345

Mitre link : CVE-2026-35345

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-35345


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CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition