PT-2026-36941 · Nix · Nix

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CVE-2026-44029

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Published

2026-05-05

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Updated

2026-05-05

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nix versions 2.24.7 through 2.34.6
Description A directory traversal issue allows writing to arbitrary files when using the "nix-prefetch-url --unpack" or "nix store prefetch-file --unpack" commands.
Recommendations Update to version 2.34.7 Update to version 2.33.6 Update to version 2.32.8 Update to version 2.31.5 Update to version 2.30.5 Update to version 2.29.4 Update to version 2.28.7

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-36

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-44029
GHSA-GR92-W2R5-QW5P
RHSA-2026:10208
RHSA-2026:10999
RHSA-2026:7046
RHSA-2026:9438

Affected Products

Nix