CVE-2023-36476
calamares-nixos-extensions provides Calamares branding and modules for NixOS, a distribution of GNU/Linux.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
calamares-nixos-extensions provides Calamares branding and modules for NixOS, a distribution of GNU/Linux. Users of calamares-nixos-extensions version 0.3.12 and prior who installed NixOS through the graphical calamares installer, with an unencrypted `/boot`, on either non-UEFI systems or with a LUKS partition different from `/` have their LUKS key file in `/boot` as a plaintext CPIO archive attached to their NixOS initrd. A patch is available and anticipated to be part of version 0.3.13 to backport to NixOS 22.11, 23.05, and unstable channels. Expert users who have a copy of their data may, as a workaround, re-encrypt the LUKS partition(s) themselves.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-522
- Affected
- nixos/calamares-nixos-extensions
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/security/advisories/GHSA-3rvf-24q2-24wwMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/osresearch/heads/issues/1348Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/vlinkz/calamares-nixos-extensions/commit/837ca4da5521a74d3b5ca6f7b88890a6713faa22Patch
- https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/security/advisories/GHSA-3rvf-24q2-24wwMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/osresearch/heads/issues/1348Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/vlinkz/calamares-nixos-extensions/commit/837ca4da5521a74d3b5ca6f7b88890a6713faa22Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.