CVE-2026-35368
EUVD-2026-2501622.04.2026, 17:16
A vulnerability exists in the chroot utility of uutils coreutils when using the --userspec option. The utility resolves the user specification via getpwnam() after entering the chroot but before dropping root privileges. On glibc-based systems, this can trigger the Name Service Switch (NSS) to load shared libraries (e.g., libnss_*.so.2) from the new root directory. If the NEWROOT is writable by an attacker, they can inject a malicious NSS module to execute arbitrary code as root, facilitating a full container escape or privilege escalation.Enginsight
Affected Products (NVD)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| uutils | coreutils | - |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration