Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated May 4, 2026
CVE-2026-35366
CVE-2026-35366
Description
The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
coreutilscrates.io | < 0.6.0 | 0.6.0 |
Affected products
3Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9728nvdIssue TrackingPatchWEB
- github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9701nvdExploitIssue TrackingWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-7259-cwhx-3xx3ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35366ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/0bfbbc00c7895c0fb6ea94987b4aab99e3d7ee52ghsaWEB
- github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0nvdRelease NotesWEB
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