Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils's User Interface (UI) Misrepresents Critical Information

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Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-xv5w-cw7x-72gj. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

The id utility in uutils coreutils exhibits incorrect behavior in its "pretty print" output when the real UID and effective UID differ. The implementation incorrectly uses the effective GID instead of the effective UID when performing a name lookup for the effective user. This results in misleading diagnostic output that can cause automated scripts or system administrators to make incorrect decisions regarding file permissions or access control.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
low
Advisory on GitHub
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Published (advisory)
2026-04-22 18:31:46 UTC
Updated
2026-07-06 19:55:29 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-04-30 17:52:13 UTC
NVD published
2026-04-22
Withdrawn
2026-07-06 19:55:29 UTC

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
3.3 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-53gr-wmf4-8hh3 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
rust coreutils <= 0.8.0 — —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence