CVE-2026-61828

Description

Nixpkgs is a collection of software packages that can be installed with the Nix package manager. Prior to the 25.11 and 26.05 channel fixes, the NixOS module for MySQL services.mysql initializes the MySQL database in a way that allows local users, such as unprivileged web or CGI processes on the same host, to log in as the root user without a password when the service is used with mysql or percona-server. This issue is fixed in the 25.11 and 26.05.

References

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/security/advisories/GHSA-6qxx-6rg8-c4p8

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534484

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534482

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534254

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/f8ee41468a7a8f9ed3a8cc7d017151c2ca6f90b5

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/4aed47116a8734922763cd8f477467b0a0bcd6d7

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/3f68d7ad2a6865ff8b4910d89f173d7258bad8dd

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

CVSS v4

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