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ghsa-33x6-8x8r-9jpw

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-06-27 15:31

Modified

2025-06-27 15:31

Severity ?

2.9 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allow a bypass of build isolation in which a user can elevate their privileges to the build user account (e.g., nixbld or guixbuild). This affects Nix through 2.24.15, 2.26.4, 2.28.4, and 2.29.1; Lix through 2.91.2, 2.92.2, and 2.93.1; and Guix before 1.4.0-38.0e79d5b.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-27T14:15:38Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
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  "id": "GHSA-33x6-8x8r-9jpw",
  "modified": "2025-06-27T15:31:24Z",
  "published": "2025-06-27T15:31:24Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://labs.snyk.io"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-24-lix-cves"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46416"
    },
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cve-2025-46416

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-06-27 00:00

Modified

2025-06-27 15:49

Severity ?

2.9 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allow a bypass of build isolation in which a user can elevate their privileges to the build user account (e.g., nixbld or guixbuild). This affects Nix through 2.24.15, 2.26.4, 2.28.4, and 2.29.1; Lix through 2.91.2, 2.92.2, and 2.93.1; and Guix before 1.4.0-38.0e79d5b.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017
	https://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-24-lix-cves/
	https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/
	https://labs.snyk.io
	https://security.snyk.io/vuln/?search=CVE-2025-46416
	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46416

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	NixOS	Nix

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