CVE-2025-46416

LOW2.9

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

Published Jun 27, 2025

Modified 8 months ago

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.

References

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https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017

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https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/

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https://labs.snyk.io

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https://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-24-lix-cves/

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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46416

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