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CVE-2026-44028

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the...

7.5 HighFix available

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.18%Up 0.2 points since May 5, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Record
CVE-2026-44028
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-27163 7.5

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Record
EUVD-2026-27163
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jggj-j5fq-x969 7.5

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the...

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Record
GHSA-jggj-j5fq-x969
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.5

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Record
CVE-2026-44028
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Record
CVE-2026-44028
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-674
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-44028 7.5

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44028
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2026:10208 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2026:10208
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2026:10999 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2026:10999
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2026:7046 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2026:7046
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2026:9438 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2026:9438
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44028 7.5

An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2. Unbounded recursion in the NAR (Nix Archive) parser could lead to a stack-to-heap overflow when the parser is run on a coroutine stack. The stack is allocated without a guard page, which means that a stack overflow could overwrite memory on the heap and could allow arbitrary code execution as the Nix daemon (run as root in multi-user installations) if ASLR hardening is bypassed. This can be exploited by all users able to connect to the daemon (e.g., in Nix, this is configurable via the allowed-users setting, defaulting to all users). The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 for Nix (introduced in 2.24.4); and 2.95.2, 2.94.2, and 2.93.4 for Lix (introduced in 2.93.0).

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44028
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10696-1 No score

nix-2.34.7-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the nix-2.34.7-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10696-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nix
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
2.26.3+dfsg-12.32.5+dfsg-12.32.5+dfsg-22.34.3+dfsg-12.34.6+dfsg-12.34.8+dfsg-1
None known
nix
Debian:14
before 2.34.8+dfsg-1, plus listed versions
2.26.3+dfsg-12.32.5+dfsg-12.32.5+dfsg-22.34.3+dfsg-12.34.6+dfsg-1
2.34.8+dfsg-1
chunkah
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.4.0-1.hum1
0:0.4.0-1.hum1
python3-ruff
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:0.15.11-1.hum1
0:0.15.11-1.hum1
ruff
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:0.15.11-1.hum1
0:0.15.11-1.hum1
bootc
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.14.0-0.1.1.hum1
0:1.14.0-0.1.1.hum1
system-reinstall-bootc
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.14.0-0.1.1.hum1
0:1.14.0-0.1.1.hum1
rust
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-analyzer
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-debugger-common
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
rust-doc
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-gdb
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-lldb
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-src
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static-aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static-aarch64-unknown-uefi
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static-i686-pc-windows-gnu
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static-wasm32-wasip1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static-x86_64-unknown-none
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rust-std-static-x86_64-unknown-uefi
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
rustfmt
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.95.0-2.hum1
0:1.95.0-2.hum1
nix
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.3.10+dfsg1-12.3.10+dfsg1-1build12.6.0+dfsg-22.6.0+dfsg-32.6.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
nix
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.16.1+dfsg-3ubuntu12.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu12.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu22.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu42.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu52.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu5+esm2
None known
nix
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
2.24.9+dfsg-2ubuntu22.26.3+dfsg-1ubuntu12.26.3+dfsg-1ubuntu22.26.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4
None known
nix
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
2.34.3+dfsg-12.34.6+dfsg-12.34.6+dfsg-1build12.34.8+dfsg-12.34.8+dfsg-1build1
None known
nix
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.26.3+dfsg-1ubuntu42.26.3+dfsg-1ubuntu52.32.5+dfsg-1ubuntu32.32.5+dfsg-2ubuntu12.34.3+dfsg-1
None known
nix
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 2.34.7-1.1
2.34.7-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-44028 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Lix Project Lix, published May 5, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. Fixed in nix 2.34.8+dfsg-1.

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