CVE-2026-35369
Description
An argument parsing error in the kill utility of uutils coreutils incorrectly interprets kill -1 as a request to send the default signal (SIGTERM) to PID -1. Sending a signal to PID -1 causes the kernel to terminate all processes visible to the caller, potentially leading to a system crash or massive process termination. This differs from GNU coreutils, which correctly recognizes -1 as a signal number in this context and would instead report a missing PID argument.
Predictions
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Mitigations
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Fixed | 0.6.0-1 |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| uutils | coreutils | {"endExcluding":"0.6.0"} | 0.6.0 |
References
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9700
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35369
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/2d3aebce6712841bc08b9b94e9078be50a25fc10
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-35369
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpcg-h6x2-c26p
CWEs
CWE-20
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