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Nix Package Manager CVE-2026-44029

| EUVD-2026-27166 MEDIUM
Absolute Path Traversal (CWE-36)
2026-05-05 cve@mitre.org
5.3
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
May 05, 2026 - 02:01 EUVD
Analysis Generated
May 05, 2026 - 01:30 vuln.today

DescriptionNVD

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7. Writing to arbitrary files can occur via "nix-prefetch-url --unpack" or "nix store prefetch-file --unpack" directory traversal. The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 (introduced in 2.24.7);

AnalysisAI

Arbitrary file writing via directory traversal in Nix versions before 2.34.7 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to overwrite files on systems running vulnerable versions of nix-prefetch-url or nix store prefetch-file with the --unpack flag. The vulnerability exploits improper path validation during archive extraction, enabling an attacker to craft malicious packages that write to arbitrary filesystem locations when unpacked. …

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CVE-2026-44029 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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