# CVE-2026-35370: uutils coreutils id Incorrect Access-Control Decisions via Misrepresented Group Membership

- Also known as: GHSA-47C7-QRM7-MQW7
- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.0
- Published: 2026-04-22 · Updated: 2026-04-22

## Affected

- coreutils: version range not reported
- uu\_id (crates.io): fixed in 0.6.0

## Description

The id utility in uutils coreutils miscalculates the groups= section of its output. The implementation uses a user's real GID instead of their effective GID to compute the group list, leading to potentially divergent output compared to GNU coreutils. Because many scripts and automated processes rely on the output of id to make security-critical access-control or permission decisions, this discrepancy can lead to unauthorized access or security misconfigurations.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on coreutils, uu\_id, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [crates.io packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/crates.io.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10006

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