Nix and Lix: multiple vulnerabilities leading to local root privilege escalation - October 2026
Nix and Lix disclosed combinable flaws that can escalate local users to root via their daemons.
The Nix and Lix projects jointly disclosed multiple vulnerabilities that can be combined to escalate privileges to root on systems running the Nix or Lix daemon. Fixed releases of both projects were made available on October 13, 2026. The notice says CVE identifiers have not yet been requested and begins describing an unsigned integer list-overflow issue affecting both projects. Full technical details were not included in the posted excerpt.
- Flaws can be combined to gain root through the Nix or Lix daemon.
- Fixed releases of both projects were published the same day.
- CVE identifiers had not yet been requested.
- One shared issue is described as an unsigned integer list overflow.
From the original article
Posted by Thomas GERBET on Oct 13 Hello, The Nix and Lix projects are jointly disclosing a set of vulnerabilities that can be combined to escalate privileges to root on systems running the Nix or Lix daemon. Fixed releases of both projects are available today. This is a coordinated disclosure between the Nix and Lix projects.
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