CVE-2024-36050 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00178.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
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
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/969
https://github.com/NixOS/ofborg/issues/68#issuecomment-2082789441

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00136}`	epss `{'score': 0.00178}`

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017/26

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-05-18T21:24:10.412Z

Updated: 2025-06-27T11:59:52.999Z

Reserved: 2024-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-36050

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:30:12.585Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-18T22:15:07.460

Modified: 2025-06-27T12:15:29.660

Link: CVE-2024-36050

Redhat

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