A flaw in the ChownExecutor used by uutils coreutils chown and chgrp causes the utilities to return an incorrect exit code during recursive operations. The final exit code is determined only by the last file processed. If the last operation succeeds, the command returns 0 even if earlier ownership or group changes failed due to permission errors. This can lead to security misconfigurations where administrative scripts incorrectly assume that ownership has been successfully transferred across a directory tree.

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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw in the ChownExecutor used by uutils coreutils chown and chgrp causes the utilities to return an incorrect exit code during recursive operations. The final exit code is determined only by the last file processed. If the last operation succeeds, the command returns 0 even if earlier ownership or group changes failed due to permission errors. This can lead to security misconfigurations where administrative scripts incorrectly assume that ownership has been successfully transferred across a directory tree.
Title uutils coreutils chown and chgrp False Success Exit Code in Recursive Mode
Weaknesses CWE-253
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

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Updated: 2026-04-22T18:14:26.690Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T12:58:56.086Z

Link: CVE-2026-35340

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:35.923

Modified: 2026-04-22T17:16:35.923

Link: CVE-2026-35340

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