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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-44029
PUBLISHED
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Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
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Published At-05 May, 2026 | 00:51
Updated At-05 May, 2026 | 12:43
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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 Products
Vendor
NixOS
Product
Nix
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 2.24.7 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)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-36CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-36
Description: CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
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VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.15.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 5.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/33
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https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-gr92-w2r5-qw5p
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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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/33
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-gr92-w2r5-qw5p
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