CVE-2026-44029
5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7. Writing to arbitrary files can occur via "nix-prefetch-url –unpack" or "nix store prefetch-file –unpack" directory traversal. The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 (introduced in 2.24.7);
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NixOS | Nix | 2.24.7 < 2.28.7 | affected |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.29.0 < 2.29.4 | affected |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.30.0 < 2.30.5 | affected |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.31.0 < 2.31.5 | affected |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.32.0 < 2.32.8 | affected |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.33.0 < 2.33.6 | affected |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.34.0 < 2.34.7 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-36: CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-lix-and-nix/77407
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/33
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-gr92-w2r5-qw5p
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