CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-36050

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2024-05-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Deferred
Published: 2024-05-18
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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.

References

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixpkgs-supply-chain-security-project/34345 discourse.nixos.org
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017/26 discourse.nixos.org
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/969 github.com
https://github.com/NixOS/ofborg/issues/68#issuecomment-2082789441 github.com
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixpkgs-supply-chain-security-project/34345 discourse.nixos.org
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/969 github.com
https://github.com/NixOS/ofborg/issues/68#issuecomment-2082789441 github.com