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CVE-2025-46416
June 27, 2025
Guix guix-daemon fails to fully isolate its build environment, allowing attackers to exfiltrate setuid binaries through abstract Unix-domain sockets
Related Resources (5)
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/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46416
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
2.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
2.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Ownership Management
CWE-282
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02