CVE-2026-110452
MEDIUM
4
CVSS Score
Published: October 14, 2026 at 04:12 AM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 07:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNix
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Severity
MEDIUM4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
4MEDIUMmitre
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-708
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