The sort utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a process panic when using the --files0-from option with inputs containing non-UTF-8 filenames. The implementation enforces UTF-8 encoding and utilizes expect(), causing an immediate crash when encountering valid but non-UTF-8 paths. This diverges from GNU sort, which treats filenames as raw bytes. A local attacker can exploit this to crash the utility and disrupt automated pipelines.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9696 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9696 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · uutilsNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:-:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
References 2
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9696 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9696 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory