CVE-2026-110452 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Nixos Subscribe	Nix Subscribe

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547

History

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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-10-14T04:12:28.499Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T04:12:28.499Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-110452

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-110452

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-708

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