GHSA-wv33-5pxh-r7j7Published

cut: -s (only-delimited) ignored when delimiter is a newline

Exact source revision recorded 24 Oct 2026 13:19:54 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

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osv · GHSA-wv33-5pxh-r7j7

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The cut utility in uutils coreutils incorrectly handles the -s (only-delimited) option when a newline character is specified as the delimiter. The implementation fails to verify the only_delimited flag in the cut_fields_newline_char_delim function, causing the utility to print non-delimited lines that should have been suppressed. This can lead to unexpected data being passed to downstream scripts that rely on strict output filtering. --- _Zellic finding 3.22. Reported in the Zellic *uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment* (for Canonical, Jan 2026), audited commit `3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242`._

Source published: 6 Jul 2026 19:54:33 UTC
Source modified: 6 Jul 2026 20:11:29 UTC
Observed here: 24 Oct 2026 13:19:54 UTC
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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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