CVE-2026-110450CWE-696

CVE-2026-110450

High · published October 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00150 · 3.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-696 · Incorrect Behavior Order
Published
2026-10-14T09:16Z
References (1)
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 OCT 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 14 OCT 04:03Z
    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…
    cvelistv5
  • 14 OCT 04:03Z
    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…
    cvelistv5