CVE-2026-35339

The recursive mode (-R) of the chmod utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles exit codes when processing multiple files. The final return value is determined solely by the success or failure of the last file processed. This allows the command to return an exit code of 0 (success) even if errors were encountered on previous files, such as 'Operation not permitted'. Scripts relying on these exit codes may proceed under a false sense of success while sensitive files remain with restrictive or incorrect permissions.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWE

CWE-253

Published

2026-04-22

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• uutils:coreutils

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9793
• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0

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