PT-2026-36941

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nix versions 2.24.7 through 2.34.6 Description A directory traversal issue allows writing to arbitrary files when using the "nix-prefetch-url --unpack" or "nix store prefetch-file --unpack" commands. Recommendations Update to version 2.34.7...

CVE-2026-44029: Absolute Path Traversal

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;...