GNU coreutils uniq: Denial of Service and information disclosure via out-of-bounds read with multibyte input
Summary
GNU coreutils uniq: Denial of Service and information disclosure via out-of-bounds read with multibyte input. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.1). Weakness: CWE-125. Red Hat lists fixing advisory RHSA-2026:46515 with package coreutils-main-9.11-5.1.hum1.
What this means
In plain English
GNU coreutils uniq: Denial of Service and information disclosure via out-of-bounds read with multibyte input. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.1). Weakness: CWE-125. Red Hat lists fixing advisory RHSA-2026:46515 with package coreutils-main-9.11-5.1.hum1. Information disclosure can expose data available to the affected component beyond its intended authorization boundary.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: coreutils-main-9.11-5.1.hum1, RHSA-2026:46515.
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Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
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- coreutils-main-9.11-5.1.hum1
- RHSA-2026:46515
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: coreutils-main-9.11-5.1.hum1, RHSA-2026:46515. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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