A logic error in the expr utility of uutils coreutils causes the program to evaluate parenthesized subexpressions during the parsing phase rather than at the execution phase. This implementation flaw prevents the utility from performing proper short-circuiting for logical OR (|) and AND (&) operations. As a result, arithmetic errors (such as division by zero) occurring within "dead" branches, branches that should be ignored due to short-circuiting, are raised as fatal errors. This divergence from GNU expr behavior can cause guarded expressions within shell scripts to fail with hard errors instead of returning expected boolean results, leading to premature script termination and breaking GNU-compatible shell control flow.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11395 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0 | Release Notes |
Configurations
History
04 May 2026, 18:48
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11395 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0 - Release Notes | |
| First Time |
Uutils
Uutils coreutils |
22 Apr 2026, 17:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-22 17:16
Updated : 2026-05-04 18:48
NVD link : CVE-2026-35378
Mitre link : CVE-2026-35378
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-35378
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Products Affected
uutils
- coreutils
CWE
CWE-768
Incorrect Short Circuit Evaluation