CVE-2026-35369

An argument parsing error in the kill utility of uutils coreutils incorrectly interprets kill -1 as a request to send the default signal (SIGTERM) to PID -1. Sending a signal to PID -1 causes the kernel to terminate all processes visible to the caller, potentially leading to a system crash or massive process termination. This differs from GNU coreutils, which correctly recognizes -1 as a signal number in this context and would instead report a missing PID argument.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9700	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0	Release Notes

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-22 17:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:40

NVD link : CVE-2026-35369

Mitre link : CVE-2026-35369

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-35369

JSON object : View

Products Affected

uutils

coreutils

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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