Fedora 42 nix 2.31.5 High Local Privilege Escalation Patch 2026-3cfb30c1fb
fedora
May 14, 2026
update to 2.31.5: fixes high GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368 and moderate GHSA- gr92-w2r5-qw5p https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in- lix-and-nix/77407 ...
Summary
Nix is a purely functional package manager.
It allows multiple versions of a package to be installed side-by-side,
ensures that dependency specifications are complete,
supports atomic upgrades and rollbacks,
allows non-root users to install software, and has many other features.
It is the basis of the NixOS Linux distribution,
but it can be used equally well under other Unix systems.
See the README.fedora.md file for setup instructions.
Update Information:
update to 2.31.5: fixes high GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368 and moderate GHSA- gr92-w2r5-qw5p https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in- lix-and-nix/77407 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Tue May 5 2026 Jens Petersen
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2026-3cfb30c1fb
2026-05-14 04:02:29.141254+00:00
Name : nix
Product : Fedora 42
Version : 2.31.5
Release : 1.fc42
URL : https://github.com/NixOS/nix
Summary : A purely functional package manager
Description :
Nix is a purely functional package manager.
It allows multiple versions of a package to be installed side-by-side,
ensures that dependency specifications are complete,
supports atomic upgrades and rollbacks,
allows non-root users to install software, and has many other features.
It is the basis of the NixOS Linux distribution,
but it can be used equally well under other Unix systems.
See the README.fedora.md file for setup instructions.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-3cfb30c1fb' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: nix
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 2.31.5
Release: 1.fc42
Summary: A purely functional package manager
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