PatchTheCVEnixos vulnerabilities and fixes
Recent CVEs affecting nixos, with upgrade or downgrade steps. 4 tracked.
nixos has 4 tracked vulnerabilities, 1 critical. A fixed release or vendor patch exists for 3. Most recent: 2025-01-15. Highest priority: CVE-2024-12084 (score 77/100).
- CVE-2024-12087 MEDIUM 6.5 UPGRADE MITIGATE A path traversal vulnerability exists in rsync
- CVE-2024-12084 CRITICAL 9.8 DOWNGRADE MITIGATE A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the rsync daemon
- CVE-2017-7412 HIGH 7.8 MITIGATE NixOS 17.03 before 17.03.887 has a world-writable Docker socket, which allows local users to gain privileges b
- CVE-2017-11501 MEDIUM 5.9 UPGRADE NixOS 17.03 and earlier has an unintended default absence of SSL Certificate Validation for LDAP
FAQ
How do I fix nixos vulnerabilities?
Open the CVE for your version, check the affected range, then follow the listed action: upgrade to the fixed release, or downgrade or mitigate if no fix exists yet. Commands for each OS are shown on every CVE page.
Is nixos being exploited right now?
None of the tracked nixos CVEs are on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the moment. This is checked every 20 minutes.
Which nixos CVE should I patch first?
CVE-2024-12084 currently ranks highest (77/100): A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the rsync daemon.