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Low · 2.8 CVE-2026-64846 EUVD-2026-63424

Nix: Arbitrary file truncation outside the sandbox with recursive-nix experimental feature

Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use race involving final symlink handling in the LocalStore restore path. The race can cause writeFile to follow a substituted final symlink when opening a path with O_TRUNC instead of enforcing FinalSymlink::DontFollow, allowing the Nix process or nix-daemon to create or truncate an empty file outside the build sandbox with the daemon user's permissions. The primitive does not provide arbitrary-content writes and requires winning the race. This issue is fixed in version 2.35.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
NixOS nix < 2.35.0 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 nix 2.35.4+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 nix No fix yet —
Debian 12 nix No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 nix No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS nix No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS nix No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS nix No fix yet —

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