CVE-2025-53819
July 14, 2025
Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Builds with Nix 2.30.0 on macOS were executed with elevated privileges (root), instead of the build users. The fix was applied to Nix 2.30.1. No known workarounds are available.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=0.1 <2.30.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.30.1Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02
