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Re:Nix 2.24 is vulnerable to (remote) privilege escalation by otabdeveloper4 on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:26AM (#41499293)
> It seems like a binary cache can already get root on your system

No, rootless Nix is pretty well supported.

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Re:Nix 2.24 is vulnerable to (remote) privilege escalation by forgotpwd16 on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @08:41AM (#41500165)
Wondering how vulnerability applies outside NixOS. Does Nix outside NixOS also has such access over the system?
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