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CVE-2025-46416

Published: Jun 27, 2025

Modified: Jun 27, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

2.9

LOW

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

NixOS

Nix

affected
0 - <= 2.24.15
affected
2.25.0 - <= 2.26.4
affected
2.27.0 - <= 2.28.4
affected
2.29.0 - <= 2.29.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-282

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

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