github - ghsa-2r8j-rf53-9g72

ghsa-2r8j-rf53-9g72

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-05-19 00:30

Modified

2025-06-27 12:31

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-2r8j-rf53-9g72",
  "modified": "2025-06-27T12:31:11Z",
  "published": "2024-05-19T00:30:45Z",
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cve-2024-36050

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-05-18 21:24

Modified

2025-06-27 11:59

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

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

▼	URL	Tags
	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://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017/26

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	n/a

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