Description (CNA)
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);
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| NixOS / Nix | affected 2.24.7 before 2.28.7; affected 2.29.0 before 2.29.4; affected 2.30.0 before 2.30.5; affected 2.31.0 before 2.31.5; affected 2.32.0 before 2.32.8; affected 2.33.0 before 2.33.6; affected 2.34.0 before 2.34.7 |
CWE
CWE-36
References
- https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-lix-and-nix/77407
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/33
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-gr92-w2r5-qw5p
ADP enrichment
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