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CVE-2026-35372

A logic error in the ln utility of uutils coreutils allows the utility to dereference a symbolic link target even when the --no-dereference (or -n) flag is explicitly provided. The implementation previously only honored the "no-dereference" intent if the --force (overwrite) mode was also enabled. This flaw causes ln to follow a symbolic link that points to a directory and create new links inside that target directory instead of treating the symbolic link itself as the destination. In environment

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:191efb1682c7d19223d270450ad8135af980a40bae3725f6bd0d3a04848a681c

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

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cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

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cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-61","description":"CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

2 source assertions

{"tags":["issue-tracking","patch"],"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11253"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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