Nix
Vendor:
First CVE: Oct 9, 2019 · Active for 6 years
10
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 89% of tracked products
2.5
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 77% of tracked products
5.4
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 16% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Nix over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Oct 9, 2019
6 years ago
Most Recent CVE
May 5, 2026
84 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Nix10 CVEs
40%
30%
30%
All CVEs353,173 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local7 (70.0%)
Network3 (30.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low4 (40.0%)
High6 (60.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None10 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low3 (30.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None7 (70.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
10 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-39860HIGH Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. A bug in the fix for CVE-2024-27297 allowed for arbitrary overwrites of files writable by the Nix process orchestrating t | Apr 8, 2026 | 8.4 | 33 | NO | NO |
CVE-2024-45593HIGH Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. A bug in Nix 2.24 prior to 2.24.6 allows a substituter or malicious user to craft a NAR that, when unpacked by Nix, cause | Sep 10, 2024 | 8.8 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-44029MEDIUM 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 fi | May 5, 2026 | 5.3 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-17365HIGH Nix through 2.3 allows local users to gain access to an arbitrary user's account because the parent directory of the user-profile directories is world writable. | Oct 9, 2019 | 7.8 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2024-27297MEDIUM Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. A fixed-output derivations on Linux can send file descriptors to files in the Nix store to another program running on the | Mar 11, 2024 | 5.9 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-52993MEDIUM A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers enables changing the ownership of arbitrary files to the UID and GID of the build user (e.g., nixbld* or guixbuild*). Th | Jun 27, 2025 | 5.6 | 17 | NO | NO |
The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers fail to properly set permissions when a derivation build fails. This may allow arbitrary processes to modify the content of a store outside | Jun 27, 2025 | 3.2 | 13 | NO | NO |
The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers default to using temporary build directories in a world-readable and world-writable location. This allows standard users to deceive the pack | Jun 27, 2025 | 3.2 | 13 | NO | NO |
The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allow a bypass of build isolation in which a user can elevate their privileges to the build user account (e.g., nixbld or guixbuild). This a | Jun 27, 2025 | 2.9 | 13 | NO | NO |
A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allows the removal of content from arbitrary folders. This affects Nix before 2.24.15, 2.26.4, 2.28.4, and 2.29.1; Lix b | Jun 27, 2025 | 3.2 | 13 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Nix
Top CWEs
Versions
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