Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-35381
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 2.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 3.3
Products affected by CVE-2026-35381
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:-
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.13
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.14
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.15
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.16
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.17
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.18
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.19
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.20
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.21
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.22
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.23
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.24
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.25
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.26
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.27
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.28
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.29
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.30
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:0.7.0