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CVE-2026-110452: nixos nix Incorrect Ownership Assignment

CVSS: 4.0v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2026-110452UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110452
Published 14-10-2026Last modified 14-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-110452 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Incorrect Ownership Assignment vulnerability in nixos nix. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
16/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

14-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • nixAll versions (No fix recorded)
Nixos1 product
  • nix< 2.28.8 | ≥ 2.29.0, < 2.30.6 | ≥ 2.31.0, < 2.31.6 | ≥ 2.32.0, < 2.34.9 | ≥ 2.35.0, < 2.35.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • nixAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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