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CVE-2025-53819 Details

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Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.9 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/e2ef2cfcbc83ea01308ee64c38a58707ab23dec3	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/13281	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/13455	[email protected]	Issue TrackingTechnical DescriptionVendor
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-qc7j-jgf3-qmhg	[email protected]	AdvisoryRemedyVendor

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-271	Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Nix	2.30.0 (semver)
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nix_project:nix::::::rust::* Remediation Upgrade: 2.30.1moderate effort

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jul 14, 2025	New CVE Received	[email protected]