CVE-2026-110452CWE-708

CVE-2026-110452

Medium · published October 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00131 · 2.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-708 · Incorrect Ownership Assignment
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 04:12Z
    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…
    cvelistv5
  • 14 OCT 04:12Z
    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…
    cvelistv5