# CVE-2026-35381: uutils coreutils cut Local Logic Error and Data Integrity Issue in Output Filtering

- Also known as: GHSA-PMFC-4WJJ-GMHX
- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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
- uu\_cut (crates.io): fixed in 0.8.0

## Description

A logic error in the cut utility of uutils coreutils causes the utility to ignore the -s (only-delimited) flag when using the -z (null-terminated) and -d '' (empty delimiter) options together. The implementation incorrectly routes this specific combination through a specialized newline-delimiter code path that fails to check the record suppression status. Consequently, uutils cut emits the entire record plus a NUL byte instead of suppressing it. This divergence from GNU coreutils behavior creates a data integrity risk for automated pipelines that rely on cut -s to filter out undelimited data.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11394
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0

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