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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00131.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
NixOS Nix unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 2.28.8
2.29.0 affected < 2.30.6
2.31.0 affected < 2.31.6
2.32.0 affected < 2.34.9
2.35.0 affected < 2.35.3

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

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Multi‑user Installer Incorrectly Assigns Store Ownership in Nix

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
First Time appeared Nixos
Nixos nix
Weaknesses CWE-708
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nixos:nix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nixos
Nixos nix
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T17:27:51.579Z

Reserved: 2026-10-14T04:12:27.246Z

Link: CVE-2026-110452

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T05:16:43.220

Modified: 2026-10-14T18:17:34.080

Link: CVE-2026-110452

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Updated: 2026-10-14T16:45:04Z

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