CVE-2026-110452

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-110452
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-14 05:16:43 UTC
Updated2026-10-16 19:56:15 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.001310000 probability, percentile 0.024220000 (date 2026-10-16)

Problem Types: CWE-708 | CWE-708 CWE-708 Incorrect Ownership Assignment

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1CNACVSS4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA NixOS Nix affected 2.28.8 semver Not specified
CNA NixOS Nix affected 2.29.0 2.30.6 semver Not specified
CNA NixOS Nix affected 2.31.0 2.31.6 semver Not specified
CNA NixOS Nix affected 2.32.0 2.34.9 semver Not specified
CNA NixOS Nix affected 2.35.0 2.35.3 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547 [email protected] discourse.nixos.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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