High severity · published May 5, 2026
CVE-2026-44028
An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7 and Lix before 2.95.2
7.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Lix · Lix Project
2.93.0 before 2.93.4; 2.94.0 before 2.94.2; 2.95.0 before 2.95.2 · source: vendor
NI
Nix · NixOS
2.24.4 before 2.28.7; 2.29.0 before 2.29.4; 2.30.0 before 2.30.5; 2.31.0 before 2.31.5; 2.32.0 before 2.32.8; 2.33.0 before 2.33.6; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44028
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44028
discourse.nixos.org
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-lix-and-nix/77407
github.com
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368
lix.systems
https://lix.systems/blog/2026-05-05-lix-unsigned-integer-overflow/
www.openwall.com
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/32
www.openwall.com
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/33
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