Path Traversal in Nixos Nix
CVE-2024-45593
Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. A bug in Nix 2.24 prior to 2.24.6 allows a substituter or malicious user to craft a NAR that, when unpacked by Nix, causes Nix to write to arbitrary file system locations to which…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.004 (63.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nixos Nix — versions >= 2.24.0, < 2.24.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-h4vv-h3jq-v493 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/eb11c1499876cd4c9c188cbda5b1003b36ce2e59 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-45593?
- CVE-2024-45593 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nixos Nix, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-09-10.
- How severe is CVE-2024-45593?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-45593 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.