CVE-2026-110452
Received
Received - Intake
Multi-User Installer Ownership Bypass in Nix
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-110452, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-14
Last updated on: 2026-10-14
Assigner: MITRE
Description
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.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| NixOS | Nix | 0 |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.29.0 |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.31.0 |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.32.0 |
| NixOS | Nix | 2.35.0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-708 | The product assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere. |
