Description
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 the builds (typically the Nix daemon running as root in multi-user installations) by following symlinks during fixed-output derivation output registration. This affects sandboxed Linux builds - sandboxed macOS builds are unaffected. The location of the temporary output used for the output copy was located inside the build chroot. A symlink, pointing to an arbitrary location in the filesystem, could be created by the derivation builder at that path. During output registration, the Nix process (running in the host mount namespace) would follow that symlink and overwrite the destination with the derivation's output contents. In multi-user installations, this allows all users able to submit builds to the Nix daemon (allowed-users - defaulting to all users) to gain root privileges by modifying sensitive files. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.34.5, 2.33.4, 2.32.7, 2.31.4, 2.30.4, 2.29.3, and 2.28.6.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| NixOS | nix | >= 2.21, < 2.28.6, >= 2.29.0, < 2.29.3, >= 2.30.0, < 2.30.4, >= 2.31.0, < 2.31.4, >= 2.32.0, < 2.32.7, >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.4, >= 2.34.0, < 2.34.5, >= 2.20.5, <= 2.20.9, >= 2.19.4, <= 2.19.7, >= 2.18.2, <= 2.18.9 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | nix | 2.34.6+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | nix | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | nix | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | nix | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | nix | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | nix | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | nix | No fix yet | — |
References
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-g3g9-5vj6-r3gj
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/10178
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/244f3eee0bbc7f11e9b383a15ed7368e2c4becc9
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/4bc5a3510fa3735798f9ed3a2a30a3ea7b32343a
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/7794354a982449927ee7401cdeb573ddd16c4688
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/a3163b9eabb952b4aa96e376dea95ebcca97b31a