{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "2.3"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "22d4ea7a989d26b86fc27706dfea0abd2fb52c52"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/nixos/nix",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "Nix through 2.3 allows local users to gain access to an arbitrary user's account because the parent directory of the user-profile directories is world writable.",
  "id": "CVE-2019-17365",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:45:04.229184324Z",
  "published": "2019-10-09T22:15:10.670Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/10/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/17/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/4"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}