| Name | CVE-2024-36050 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1072706 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nix (PTS) | bullseye | 2.3.7+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.8.0-1.1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.24.9+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nix | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1072706 |
Notes
[bookworm] - nix <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - nix <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/969
https://github.com/NixOS/ofborg/issues/68#issuecomment-2082789441