CVE-2026-35375 — uutils coreutils split Local Data Integrity Issue via Lossy Filename Encoding
A logic error in the split utility of uutils coreutils causes the corruption of output filenames when provided with non-UTF-8 prefix or suffix inputs. The implementation utilize…
Published: 2026-04-22 · CVSS: 3.3 · CVSS 3.1
A logic error in the split utility of uutils coreutils causes the corruption of output filenames when provided with non-UTF-8 prefix or suffix inputs. The implementation utilizes to_string_lossy() when constructing chunk filenames, which automatically rewrites invalid byte sequences into the UTF-8 replacement character (U+FFFD). This behavior diverges from GNU split, which preserves raw pathname bytes intact. In environments utilizing non-UTF-8 encodings, this vulnerability leads to the creation of files with incorrect names, potentially causing filename collisions, broken automation, or the misdirection of output data.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7