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CVE-2024-36050

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: none known
• Published: 2024-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17

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

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