{"id":"CVE-2026-110450","title":"Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 allow privilege escalation via a repair operation because it could destroy and then replace a store path before content verification.","summary":"Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 allow privilege escalation via a repair operation because it could destroy and then replace a store path before content verification.","severity":"high","cvss":8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L","cwe":["CWE-696"],"published":"2026-10-14","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T05:16:42.917","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110450","references":[{"url":"https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547","label":"cve@mitre.org"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T06:17:13.781Z","slug":"CVE-2026-110450","body":"## Overview\n\nNix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 allow privilege escalation via a repair operation because it could destroy and then replace a store path before content verification.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":44,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}