CVE-2026-104854: Nx daemon and plugin worker sockets are accessible to other local users
Nx creates the Unix domain sockets for its daemon and its plugin workers in a shared temporary directory with default permissions, so any other user on the same machine can connect to them. The daemon accepts a PROCESS_IN_BACKGROUND request that names a module to load and invokes its default export, which turns socket access into code execution inside the daemon process. On a multi-user machine — a shared build server, a shared developer box, or a container running several accounts — one local user can execute code as another user running Nx.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3vv-58gj-gw77
- github.com/nrwl/nx/commit/3298fd8b2dd066167eb3cc0410643994a59b0bba
- github.com/nrwl/nx/commit/63e1abb287a3d69f8ba981828a1de325d0d3dc68
- github.com/nrwl/nx/commit/71c2253b6aac23b008e192c4e2642c42a5e07545
- github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36370
- github.com/nrwl/nx/releases/tag/22.7.9
- github.com/nrwl/nx/releases/tag/23.1.2
- github.com/nrwl/nx/security/advisories/GHSA-w3vv-58gj-gw77
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104854
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