PT-2026-60207 · Nixos · Nixpkgs

Published 2026-07-15 · Updated 2026-07-15 · CVE-2026-61828

Mitre

CVSS v4.0

8.5

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Nixpkgs is a collection of software packages that can be installed with the Nix package manager. Prior to the 25.11 and 26.05 channel fixes, the NixOS module for MySQL services.mysql initializes the MySQL database in a way that allows local users, such as unprivileged web or CGI processes on the same host, to log in as the root user without a password when the service is used with mysql or percona-server. This issue is fixed in the 25.11 and 26.05.

Fix

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-61828

Affected Products

Nixpkgs

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61828 · Security Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/4aed47116a8734922763cd8f477467b0a0bcd6d7 · Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534484 · Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534254 · Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/f8ee41468a7a8f9ed3a8cc7d017151c2ca6f90b5 · Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/3f68d7ad2a6865ff8b4910d89f173d7258bad8dd · Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534482 · Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/security/advisories/GHSA-6qxx-6rg8-c4p8 · Note