๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-110450

HIGH 8.0
CVSS Score
8.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-696
Vendor nixos
Product nix
Published Oct 14, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

NixOS / Nix
0 < 2.28.8 2.29.0 < 2.30.6 2.31.0 < 2.31.6 2.32.0 < 2.34.9 2.35.0 < 2.35.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
discourse.nixos.org: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547