CVE-2026-44029
Severity Score
5.3
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions
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);
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2026-05-05 CVE Reserved
- 2026-05-05 CVE Published
- 2026-05-05 CVE Updated
- 2026-05-11 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-36: Absolute Path Traversal
CAPEC
References (3)
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| NixOS Search vendor "NixOS" | Nix Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" | >= 2.24.7 < 2.28.7 Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" and version " >= 2.24.7 < 2.28.7" | en |
Affected
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| NixOS Search vendor "NixOS" | Nix Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" | >= 2.29.0 < 2.29.4 Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" and version " >= 2.29.0 < 2.29.4" | en |
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| NixOS Search vendor "NixOS" | Nix Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" | >= 2.30.0 < 2.30.5 Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" and version " >= 2.30.0 < 2.30.5" | en |
Affected
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| NixOS Search vendor "NixOS" | Nix Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" | >= 2.31.0 < 2.31.5 Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" and version " >= 2.31.0 < 2.31.5" | en |
Affected
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| NixOS Search vendor "NixOS" | Nix Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" | >= 2.32.0 < 2.32.8 Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" and version " >= 2.32.0 < 2.32.8" | en |
Affected
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| NixOS Search vendor "NixOS" | Nix Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" | >= 2.33.0 < 2.33.6 Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" and version " >= 2.33.0 < 2.33.6" | en |
Affected
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| NixOS Search vendor "NixOS" | Nix Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" | >= 2.34.0 < 2.34.7 Search vendor "NixOS" for product "Nix" and version " >= 2.34.0 < 2.34.7" | en |
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