What is GHSA-ggvw-xgw8-9cc9?

GHSA-ggvw-xgw8-9cc9 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. The multi-user installer in Nix before 2.35.3 sets the ownership of store contents to the user ...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-ggvw-xgw8-9cc9 cover?

GHSA-ggvw-xgw8-9cc9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-110452. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-ggvw-xgw8-9cc9?

GHSA-ggvw-xgw8-9cc9 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-ggvw-xgw8-9cc9MediumCVSS 4.0

The multi-user installer in Nix before 2.35.3 sets the ownership of store contents to the user ...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 14, 2026

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-110452 →

📋 Description

The multi-user installer in Nix before 2.35.3 sets the ownership of store contents to the user (who invoked the installer) even though it should be root ownership.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110452
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggvw-xgw8-9cc9