5.3

CVE-2026-44029

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);
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch das CVE Programm von einer CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) (Unstrukturiert).
HerstellerNixOS
Produkt Nix
Default Statusunaffected
Version 2.24.7
Version < 2.28.7
Status affected
Version 2.29.0
Version < 2.29.4
Status affected
Version 2.30.0
Version < 2.30.5
Status affected
Version 2.31.0
Version < 2.31.5
Status affected
Version 2.32.0
Version < 2.32.8
Status affected
Version 2.33.0
Version < 2.33.6
Status affected
Version 2.34.0
Version < 2.34.7
Status affected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.57% 0.428
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
cve@mitre.org 5.3 3.9 1.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

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