CVE-2026-110452

Published: Oct 14, 2026Modified: Oct 16, 2026Deferred

4.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 1.4

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

Description

The multi-user installer in Nix before 2.35.3 sets the ownership of store contents to the user (who invoked the installer) even though it should be root ownership.

Related CWEs

CWE-708

Incorrect Ownership Assignment

The product assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere.

References (1)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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