# CVE-2026-35380: uutils coreutils cut Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Delimiter Parsing

- Also known as: GHSA-M2PG-C7M6-77PJ
- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.0
- Published: 2026-04-22 · Updated: 2026-04-22

## Affected

- coreutils: fixed in 0.8.0
- coreutils (crates.io): fixed in 0.8.0

## Description

A logic error in the cut utility of uutils coreutils causes the program to incorrectly interpret the literal two-byte string '' (two single quotes) as an empty delimiter. The implementation mistakenly maps this string to the NUL character for both the -d (delimiter) and --output-delimiter options. This vulnerability can lead to silent data corruption or logic errors in automated scripts and data pipelines that process strings containing these characters, as the utility may unintentionally split or join data on NUL bytes rather than the intended literal characters.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on coreutils, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11399
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0

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