CVE-2024-27297

CVE-2024-27297 affects Nix: fixed-output derivations on Linux can have their output modified by another process via Unix domain sockets in the abstract namespace, after Nix has registered the path as valid in the store. Affected Nix versions have been addressed in 2.3.18, 2.18.2, 2.19.4, and 2.20...

CVE-2019-17365

Summary: CVE-2019-17365 affects Nix up to version 2.3, where local users can gain access to arbitrary user accounts due to the parent directory of user-profile directories being world-writable. This local elevation of privilege is supported by multiple related entries (e.g., Red Hat and NVD recor...

CVE-2024-45593

CVE-2024-45593 affects the Nix package manager. A bug in Nix 2.24 prior to 2.24.6 lets a substituter or malicious user craft a NAR that, when unpacked by Nix, writes to arbitrary filesystem locations accessible to the Nix process, with root privileges when using the Nix daemon. Multiple connected...

CVE-2026-39860

CVE-2026-39860 affects Nix, via a bug in the fix for CVE-2024-27297 that allowed arbitrary overwrites of files writable by the Nix build orchestrator (typically the root-running Nix daemon in multi-user setups) by following symlinks during fixed-output derivation output registration. Impact is li...