Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-36050
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the nix package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Nix through 2.22.1 mishandles certain usage of hash caches, which makes it easier for attackers to replace current source code with attacker-controlled source code by luring a maintainer into accepting a malicious pull request.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nix | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36050 |
| Debian:13 | nix | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36050 |
| Debian:14 | nix | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36050 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | nix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36050 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | nix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36050 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | nix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36050 |