CVE-2025-53819

HIGH EPSS 2.3%
Published Jul 14, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.9 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 14, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Builds with Nix 2.30.0 on macOS were executed with elevated privileges (root), instead of the build users. The fix was applied to Nix 2.30.1. No known workarounds are available.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.9
Exploitability
2.0
Impact
5.3
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
2.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-271

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/e2ef2cfcbc83ea01308ee64c38a58707ab23dec3
  • github.com https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/13281
  • github.com https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/13455
  • github.com https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-qc7j-jgf3-qmhg

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.