Description
calamares-nixos-extensions provides Calamares branding and modules for NixOS, a distribution of GNU/Linux. Users of calamares-nixos-extensions version 0.3.12 and prior who installed NixOS through the graphical calamares installer, with an unencrypted `/boot`, on either non-UEFI systems or with a LUKS partition different from `/` have their LUKS key file in `/boot` as a plaintext CPIO archive attached to their NixOS initrd. A patch is available and anticipated to be part of version 0.3.13 to backport to NixOS 22.11, 23.05, and unstable channels. Expert users who have a copy of their data may, as a workaround, re-encrypt the LUKS partition(s) themselves.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/security/advisories/GHSA-3rvf-24q2-24ww
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/osresearch/heads/issues/1348
Scores
CVSS v3
7.9
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
15.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-522
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
nixos/calamares-nixos-extensions
< 0.3.13
Published
Jun 29, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026