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CVE-2026-110450

high

Description

Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 allow privilege escalation via a repair operation because it could destroy and then replace a store path before content verification.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-100806

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-14

Updated: 2026-10-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0015