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.
Published:Apr 22, 2026
Last Modified:May 4, 2026
EPS:Apr 22, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00021
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
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Uutils
Product
Coreutils
Uutils
Coreutils
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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