VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2026-110452
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.
MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 0.13%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-708
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 0.1% on 14 October 2026 to 0.1% on 26 October 2026.
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.