CVE-2026-35381 — uutils coreutils cut Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Output Filtering
A logic error in the cut utility of uutils coreutils causes the utility to ignore the -s (only-delimited) flag when using the -z (null-terminated) and -d '' (empty delimiter) op…
Published: 2026-04-22 · CVSS: 3.3 · CVSS 3.1
A logic error in the cut utility of uutils coreutils causes the utility to ignore the -s (only-delimited) flag when using the -z (null-terminated) and -d '' (empty delimiter) options together. The implementation incorrectly routes this specific combination through a specialized newline-delimiter code path that fails to check the record suppression status. Consequently, uutils cut emits the entire record plus a NUL byte instead of suppressing it. This divergence from GNU coreutils behavior creates a data integrity risk for automated pipelines that rely on cut -s to filter out undelimited data.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7