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CVE-2017-18018General(gnu / coreutils)

LOWCVSS 4.7 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Exploit / PoC references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-362

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • coreutils

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
gnu
Products
coreutils

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-07-03: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-03: 107-03
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • Cybernews@__cybernews
    General

    @mikedoerfler @LundukeJournal Latest GNU Coreutils CVE: CVE-2017-18018, creating symlinks without permission(no cp involved) Latest rust coreutils CVE: CVE-2026-35358 which is actually 44 CVE's all across the board.

    Post summary

    The tweet references two CVEs, noting a symlink‑creation flaw and a bundle of 44 related issues, but includes no exploit proofs, active usage claims, patches, or debunking information.

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