CVE-2026-110450: 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…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: NixOS Nix 2.28.8, 2.30.6, 2.31.6.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to NixOS Nix 2.28.8, 2.30.6, 2.31.6 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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.
- Published
- Oct 14, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 4th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-696
Report tools
Action score
32
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · mitre
- 8.0
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mitre). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
NixOS Nix
- before 2.28.8affected · semver
- 2.29.0 and later · before 2.30.6affected · semver
- 2.31.0 and later · before 2.31.6affected · semver
- 2.32.0 and later · before 2.34.9affected · semver
- 2.35.0 and later · before 2.35.3affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nix | from 0 | — |
| Debian:14 | nix | before 2.35.4+dfsg-1 | 2.35.4+dfsg-1 |
Same product
nixos: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-45593Nix affected by unsafe NAR unpacking35Monitor
- CVE-2025-53819Nix's privilege dropping to build user broke for macOS31Monitor
- CVE-2019-17365Nix through 2.3 allows local users to gain access to an arbitrary user's account because the parent directory of the user-profile…31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-64846Aug 20, 2026 · Nix: Arbitrary file truncation outside the sandbox with recursive-nix experimental feature11Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-110449Oct 14, 2026 · Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 have an integer overflow and resultant out-of-bounds write when evaluating untrusted expressions…30Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-110451Oct 14, 2026 · Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 on macOS allow a Seatbelt sandbox escape (for an unconfined build) because a certain size threshold…17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| NixOS Nix | 2.28.8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| NixOS Nix | 2.30.6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| NixOS Nix | 2.31.6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| NixOS Nix | 2.34.9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| NixOS Nix | 2.35.3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:nix | 2.35.4+dfsg-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 12, 2026+29 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1314 · Oct 14, 2026(Nix ve Lix Paket Yöneticisi Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- low · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- Low
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-696 · Incorrect Behavior OrderCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.