CVE-2026-35366
The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.
Published:Apr 22, 2026
Last Modified:May 4, 2026
EPS:Apr 22, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00012
CVSS Score:4.4
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Uutils
Product
Coreutils
Uutils
Coreutils
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
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Availability
None
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High
