Description
Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 allow privilege escalation via a repair operation because it could destroy and then replace a store path before content verification.
References1
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.0
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-696
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