Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2026-110453

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Nix from NixOS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Nix before 2.35.3, when unsandboxed on macOS or FreeBSD, incorrectly allows connections made by build users from daemon clients.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NixOS Nix 0 – before 2.28.82.29.0 – before 2.30.62.31.0 – before 2.31.62.32.0 – before 2.34.92.35.0 – before 2.35.3

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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