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.
References1
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.0
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-708
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