LOW 2.8 NVD
CVE-2026-64846
Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can expl
Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use race involving final symlink handling in the LocalStore restore path. The race can cause writeFile to follow a substituted final symlink when opening a path with O_TRUNC instead of enforcing FinalSymlink::DontFollow, allowing the Nix process or nix-daemon to create or truncate an empty file outside the build sandbox with the daemon user's permissions. The primitive does not provide arbitrary-content writes and requires winning the race. This issue is fixed in version 2.35.0.
References
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/26679828f74ee6e82a4100904e6361f993ff5390
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/15401
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-6h4g-g5j9-fm5f
This low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.8 was published on 2026-08-20 via NVD.
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