# CVE-2026-35360

> Vulnerability · severity: **MEDIUM** (CVSS 6.3).

## Description

The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file creation. When the utility identifies a missing path, it later attempts creation using File::create(), which internally uses O_TRUNC. An attacker can exploit this window to create a file or swap a symlink at the target path, causing touch to truncate an existing file and leading to permanent data loss.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-35360
- **Published:** 2026-04-22
- **CVSS severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS base score:** 6.3
- **CWE codes:** CWE-367

## Affected products

- `uutils:coreutils`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35360

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-35360. Retrieved 2026-07-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-35360. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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