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CVE-2025-52991

Published: Jun 27, 2025Updated: Jun 30, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-276
NVD MITRE
3.2CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers default to using temporary build directories in a world-readable and world-writable location. This allows standard users to deceive the package manager into using directories with pre-existing content, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data manipulation. This affects Nix before 2.24.15, 2.26.4, 2.28.4, and 2.29.1; Lix before 2.91.2, 2.92.2, and 2.93.1; and Guix before 1.4.0-38.0e79d5b.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:NUI:NS:CC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-276

Affected Products

NixNixOS
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
NixСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
LixСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
GuixThe GNU Project
Mixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
nixososs-projectOperating Systems
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
the gnu projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka gnu

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017
discourse.nixos.org
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/
guix.gnu.org
https://labs.snyk.io
labs.snyk.io
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Timeline

Published
Jun 27, 2025
Last Updated
Jun 30, 2025

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