Description


The id utility in uutils coreutils miscalculates the groups= section of its output. The implementation uses a user's real GID instead of their effective GID to compute the group list, leading to potentially divergent output compared to GNU coreutils. Because many scripts and automated processes rely on the output of id to make security-critical access-control or permission decisions, this discrepancy can lead to unauthorized access or security misconfigurations.

Related CPE's


Weaknesses



CWE-863

CVSS impact metrics


CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

4.4 · Medium

Information


Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Published

2026-04-22T17:16:40.833Z

5 months ago

Last modified

2026-06-17T10:40:28.613Z

3 months ago