CVE-2026-110450

high

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…

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.

CVSS

8.0

8.0 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cve@mitre.org)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-14 05:16

Modified: 2026-10-19 20:17

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:02 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-696

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

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

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:02 UTC · record ↗

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