CVE-2026-110450

Published: Oct 14, 2026Modified: Oct 19, 2026Deferred

8.0

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 5.5

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-696

Incorrect Behavior Order

The product performs multiple related behaviors, but the behaviors are performed in the wrong order in ways which may produce resultant weaknesses.

References (1)

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547

Source: cve@mitre.org

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