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CVE-2026-110452

The multi-user installer in Nix before 2.35.3 sets the ownership of store contents to the user (who invoked the installer) even though it sh

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.28.8, 2.30.6, 2.31.6, 2.34.9, 2.35.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The multi-user installer in Nix before 2.35.3 sets the ownership of store contents to the user (who invoked the installer) even though it should be root ownership.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • NixOS Nix

    fixed in 2.28.8; From 2.29.0 · fixed in 2.30.6; From 2.31.0 · fixed in 2.31.6; From 2.32.0 · fixed in 2.34.9; From 2.35.0 · fixed in 2.35.3

References 1

discourse.nixos.org