CVE-2026-64846

A flaw was found in Nix. A malicious derivation, when executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature enabled, can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use TOCTOU race condition in the final symlink handling of the LocalStore restore path. This allows the Nix process or nix-daemon to create or...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-64846

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can...

CVE-2026-64846 Nix: Arbitrary file truncation outside the sandbox with recursive-nix experimental feature

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use race involving final symlink handling in the LocalStore restore path. The race can cause writeFile to...

CVE-2026-64846 Nix: Arbitrary file truncation outside the sandbox with recursive-nix experimental feature

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use race involving final symlink handling in the LocalStore restore path. The race can cause writeFile to...

CVE-2026-64846 Nix: Arbitrary file truncation outside the sandbox with recursive-nix experimental feature

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use race involving final symlink handling in the LocalStore restore path. The race can cause writeFile to...

CVE-2026-64846

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use race involving final symlink handling in the LocalStore restore path. The race can cause writeFile to...

CVE-2026-64846: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use race involving final symlink handling in the LocalStore restore path. The race can cause writeFile to...