# CVE-2026-64846

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-64846
- **Severity:** LOW
- **CVSS Score:** 2.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-61, CWE-367
- **Published:** Aug 20, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Aug 20, 2026

## Description

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Prior to 2.35.0, a malicious derivation executed with the recursive-nix experimental feature can exploit a time-of-check/time-of-use race involving final symlink handling in the LocalStore restore path. The race can cause writeFile to follow a substituted final symlink when opening a path with O_TRUNC instead of enforcing FinalSymlink::DontFollow, allowing the Nix process or nix-daemon to create or truncate an empty file outside the build sandbox with the daemon user's permissions. The primitive does not provide arbitrary-content writes and requires winning the race. This issue is fixed in version 2.35.0.

## Affected Products

- NixOS — nix (< 2.35.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-6h4g-g5j9-fm5f)
- [CNA](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/15401)
- [CNA](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/26679828f74ee6e82a4100904e6361f993ff5390)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.09%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 0.4

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._