UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110450

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-110450
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110450.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110450
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-110450
Published
2026-10-14T05:16:00Z
Modified
2026-10-17T12:58:03Z
Severity
  • 8.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / nix

Package

Name
nix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nix?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fjammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.3.10+dfsg1-1
2.3.10+dfsg1-1build1
2.6.0+dfsg-2
2.6.0+dfsg-3
2.6.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "nix-bin",
            "binary_version":  "2.6.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "nix-setup-systemd",
            "binary_version":  "2.6.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110450.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / nix

Package

Name
nix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nix?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.16.1+dfsg-3ubuntu1
2.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1
2.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2
2.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu4
2.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu5
2.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu5+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "nix-bin",
            "binary_version":  "2.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu5+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "nix-setup-systemd",
            "binary_version":  "2.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu5+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110450.json"

Ubuntu:26.10 / nix

Package

Name
nix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nix?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.34.3+dfsg-1
2.34.6+dfsg-1
2.34.6+dfsg-1build1
2.34.8+dfsg-1
2.34.8+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "nix-bin",
            "binary_version":  "2.34.8+dfsg-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "nix-setup-systemd",
            "binary_version":  "2.34.8+dfsg-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110450.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / nix

Package

Name
nix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nix?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.26.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4
2.26.3+dfsg-1ubuntu5
2.32.5+dfsg-1ubuntu3
2.32.5+dfsg-2ubuntu1
2.34.3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "nix-bin",
            "binary_version":  "2.34.3+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "nix-setup-systemd",
            "binary_version":  "2.34.3+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110450.json"