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CVE-2019-17365

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

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.

Affected products

• NixOS Nix: through 2.3

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/10/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/17/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/10/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/17/3

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