What is CVE-2024-47174?

CVE-2024-47174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nixos Nix, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-47174?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Nixos Nix

CVE-2024-47174

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Starting in version 1.11 and prior to versions 2.18.8 and 2.24.8, `<nix/fetchurl.nix>` did not verify TLS certificates on HTTPS connections. This could lead to connection details s…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.001 (26.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Nixos Nix — versions >= 1.11, < 2.18.8, >= 2.24.0, < 2.24.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-6fjr-mq49-mm2c (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/11585 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/062b4a489e30da9c85fa4ff15cfdd2e51cac7b90 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/5db358d4d78aea7204a8f22c5bf2a309267ee038 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-47174?: CVE-2024-47174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nixos Nix, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-47174?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.