USN-8697-1: coreutils Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 31-08-2026Last modified 31-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-8697-1 is a vulnerability in coreutils Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2025-5278CVE-2026-56391

Timeline

  1. 31-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 31-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

coreutils vulnerabilities It was discovered that GNU Core Utilities sort had a heap buffer under-read in its begfield() function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU Core Utilities to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2025-5278) It was discovered that GNU Core Utilities uniq had an out-of-bounds read when the -w option was used with crafted multibyte input. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU Core Utilities to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-56391)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • coreutils< 8.32-4.1ubuntu1.4 | < 9.4-3ubuntu6.3 | < 9.7-3ubuntu2.1

1 vendor · 1 product

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