Description

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);

INFO

Published Date :

2026-05-05T00:51:05.533Z

Last Modified :

2026-05-05T12:43:28.239Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-44029 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Nixos
  • Nix
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-44029.

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https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-lix-and-nix/77407 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-gr92-w2r5-qw5p cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/33 cve-icon cve-icon
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