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
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.5NVD modified 2026-10-24 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 7
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/3f68d7ad2a6865ff8b4910d89f173d7258bad8dd
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/4aed47116a8734922763cd8f477467b0a0bcd6d7
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/f8ee41468a7a8f9ed3a8cc7d017151c2ca6f90b5
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534254
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534482
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/534484
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/security/advisories/GHSA-6qxx-6rg8-c4p8