{
"id": "GHSA-pmfc-4wjj-gmhx",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-35381"
],
"details": "`cut` routes `-z -d ''` through a special newline-delimiter path that ignores the `-s` only-delimited flag, emitting whole undelimited records (plus NUL) that should be suppressed. Pipelines relying on `cut -s` to drop undelimited records process data that should be filtered.\n```\nprintf 'abc' | cut -z -d '' -s -f 1 | od -An -tx1 # GNU: no output ; uutils: 61 62 63 00\n```\n\n---\n_Zellic private finding (zellic-ext/coreutils-private PR #102). Reported in the Zellic *uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment* (for Canonical, Jan 2026), audited commit `3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242`._",
"summary": "cut: -s ignored in -z -d '' newline-delimiter mode",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.7.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "uu_cut",
"ecosystem": "crates.io"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-07-06T21:54:29Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"published": "2026-07-06T21:54:29Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/security/advisories/GHSA-pmfc-4wjj-gmhx",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35381",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11394",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/483f13e91830c468262aa1e010e753d6ae99c898",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-684"
],
"severity": "LOW",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-06T21:54:29Z"
}
}