A logic error in the cut utility of uutils coreutils causes the program to incorrectly interpret the literal two-byte string '' (two single quotes) as an empty delimiter. The implementation mistakenly maps this string to the NUL character for both the -d (delimiter) and --output-delimiter options. This vulnerability can lead to silent data corruption or logic errors in automated scripts and data pipelines that process strings containing these characters, as the utility may unintentionally split or join data on NUL bytes rather than the intended literal characters.
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| Description | A logic error in the cut utility of uutils coreutils causes the program to incorrectly interpret the literal two-byte string '' (two single quotes) as an empty delimiter. The implementation mistakenly maps this string to the NUL character for both the -d (delimiter) and --output-delimiter options. This vulnerability can lead to silent data corruption or logic errors in automated scripts and data pipelines that process strings containing these characters, as the utility may unintentionally split or join data on NUL bytes rather than the intended literal characters. | |
| Title | uutils coreutils cut Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Delimiter Parsing | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-22T16:57:53.616Z
Reserved: 2026-04-02T12:58:56.089Z
Link: CVE-2026-35380
Updated: 2026-04-22T16:57:48.221Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:43.047
Modified: 2026-04-22T21:23:52.620
Link: CVE-2026-35380
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