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CVE-2026-23838
January 19, 2026
Tandoor Recipes is a recipe manager than can be installed with the Nix package manager. Starting in version 23.05 and prior to version 26.05, when using the default configuration of Tandoor Recipes, specifically using SQLite and default "MEDIA_ROOT", the full database file may be externally accessible, potentially on the Internet. The root cause is that the NixOS module configures the working directory of Tandoor Recipes, as well as the value of "MEDIA_ROOT", to be "/var/lib/tandoor-recipes". This causes Tandoor Recipes to create its "db.sqlite3" database file in the same directory as "MEDIA_ROOT" causing it to be accessible without authentication through HTTP like any other media file. This is the case when using "GUNICORN_MEDIA=1" or when using a web server like nginx to serve media files. NixOS 26.05 changes the default value of "MEDIA_ROOT" to a sub folder of the data directory. This only applies to configurations with "system.stateVersion" >= 26.05. For older configurations, one of the workarounds should be applied instead. NixOS 25.11 has received a backport of this patch, though it doesn't fix this vulnerability without user intervention. A recommended workaround is to move "MEDIA_ROOT" into a subdirectory. Non-recommended workarounds include switching to PostgreSQL or disallowing access to "db.sqlite3".
Affected Packages
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=23.05 <26.05
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 26.05
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
EPSS
Base Score:
0.14