Low, CVSS 3.3crates.ioPublished
ln: rejects non-UTF-8 source filenames in target-directory mode
CVE-2026-35373 · GHSA-jcjr-rh8q-7xqf
- Affected
- crates.io uu_ln < 0.6.0
- Fixed in
- 0.6.0· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- In target-directory forms (ln SOURCE... DIRECTORY), ln rejects source paths with non-UTF-8 filename bytes, while GNU accepts them. Breaks GNU compatibility for byte-oriented filenames on Unix filesystems. PoC: --- Zellic private finding (zellic-ext/coreutils-private PR #84). Reported in the Zellic uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment (for Canonical, Jan 2026), audited commit 3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.6.0 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.