Description (CNA)
A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers enables changing the ownership of arbitrary files to the UID and GID of the build user (e.g., nixbld* or guixbuild*). 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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| NixOS / Nix | affected 0 before 2.24.15; affected 2.25.0 before 2.26.4; affected 2.27.0 before 2.28.4; affected 2.29.0 before 2.29.1 |
CWE
CWE-362
References
- 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-2025-52993
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-52993
ADP enrichment
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