Fedora 42 — nix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Fedora 42 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Fedora update FEDORA-2026-3cfb30c1fb Upstream summary: – 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 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]