An argument parsing error in the kill utility of uutils coreutils incorrectly interprets kill -1 as a request to send the default signal (SIGTERM) to PID -1. Sending a signal to PID -1 causes the kernel to terminate all processes visible to the caller, potentially leading to a system crash or massive process termination. This differs from GNU coreutils, which correctly recognizes -1 as a signal number in this context and would instead report a missing PID argument.

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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description An argument parsing error in the kill utility of uutils coreutils incorrectly interprets kill -1 as a request to send the default signal (SIGTERM) to PID -1. Sending a signal to PID -1 causes the kernel to terminate all processes visible to the caller, potentially leading to a system crash or massive process termination. This differs from GNU coreutils, which correctly recognizes -1 as a signal number in this context and would instead report a missing PID argument.
Title uutils coreutils kill System-wide Process Termination and Denial of Service via Argument Misinterpretation
Weaknesses CWE-20
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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-22T17:48:32.873Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T12:58:56.088Z

Link: CVE-2026-35369

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-22T17:48:30.050Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:40.687

Modified: 2026-04-22T21:23:52.620

Link: CVE-2026-35369

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