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CVE-2026-44029

CVE-2026-44029 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.300000190734863 MEDIUM

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);

EPSS 0.57% · 47.0th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.57%
47.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
NixOSNix2.33.0, 2.29.0, 2.30.0
nixosnix2.24.7, 2.29.0, 2.30.0

Timeline

  • May 5, 2026 CVE Published
  • May 5, 2026 PoC Published
  • May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 24, 2026 EPSS Score
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