What is GHSA-phrv-gmvx-w547?

GHSA-phrv-gmvx-w547 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 allow privilege escalation via a repair operation because...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-phrv-gmvx-w547 cover?

GHSA-phrv-gmvx-w547 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-110450. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-phrv-gmvx-w547?

GHSA-phrv-gmvx-w547 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-phrv-gmvx-w547HighCVSS 8.0

Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 allow privilege escalation via a repair operation because...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 14, 2026

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-110450 →

📋 Description

Nix before 2.35.3 and Lix before 2.95.4 allow privilege escalation via a repair operation because it could destroy and then replace a store path before content verification.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110450
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-for-nix-and-lix-october-2026/80547
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phrv-gmvx-w547