Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting nixos/nix package, versions [,2.18.9)[2.19.0,2.19.7)[2.20.0,2.20.9)[2.21.0,2.21.5)[2.22.0,2.22.4)[2.23.0,2.23.4)[2.24.0,2.24.10)
Threat Intelligence
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- published1 Nov 2024
- disclosed31 Oct 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 31 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-51481 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade nixos/nix to version 2.18.9, 2.19.7, 2.20.9, 2.21.5, 2.22.4, 2.23.4, 2.24.10 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure due to improper execution of built-in builders outside the macOS sandbox environment. An attacker can gain unauthorized read and write access to system paths by exploiting this misconfiguration.
Note: This is only exploitable if sandboxing is not enabled, which is the default setting on macOS.