Description
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.
Affected products
uutils: coreutils
References2
- github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10327 ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10327 ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-426
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