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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-44028
PUBLISHED
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Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-05 May, 2026 | 00:30
Updated At-09 May, 2026 | 03:40
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). 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 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Affected Products
Vendor
NixOS
Product
Nix
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 2.24.4 before 2.28.7 (semver)
  • From 2.29.0 before 2.29.4 (semver)
  • From 2.30.0 before 2.30.5 (semver)
  • From 2.31.0 before 2.31.5 (semver)
  • From 2.32.0 before 2.32.8 (semver)
  • From 2.33.0 before 2.33.6 (semver)
  • From 2.34.0 before 2.34.7 (semver)
Vendor
Lix Project
Product
Lix
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 2.93.0 before 2.93.4 (semver)
  • From 2.94.0 before 2.94.2 (semver)
  • From 2.95.0 before 2.95.2 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-674CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-674
Description: CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
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VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.17.5HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 7.5
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-lix-and-nix/77407
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https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/33
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/32
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https://lix.systems/blog/2026-05-05-lix-unsigned-integer-overflow/
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Hyperlink: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-lix-and-nix/77407
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368
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Hyperlink: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/33
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Hyperlink: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/32
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Hyperlink: https://lix.systems/blog/2026-05-05-lix-unsigned-integer-overflow/
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