The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.

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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The printenv utility in uutils coreutils fails to display environment variables containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. While POSIX permits arbitrary bytes in environment strings, the uutils implementation silently skips these entries rather than printing the raw bytes. This vulnerability allows malicious environment variables (e.g., adversarial LD_PRELOAD values) to evade inspection by administrators or security auditing tools, potentially allowing library injection or other environment-based attacks to go undetected.
Title uutils coreutils printenv Security Inspection Bypass via UTF-8 Enforcement
Weaknesses CWE-754
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-22T17:50:09.879Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T12:58:56.088Z

Link: CVE-2026-35366

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-22T17:49:59.355Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:40.167

Modified: 2026-04-22T21:23:52.620

Link: CVE-2026-35366

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-22T18:15:15Z

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