CVE-2025-46416 LOW

CVE-2025-46416

Vendor Nixos
Product Nix
Weakness CWE-282
Published June 27, 2025
Last update June 27, 2025

CVSS base score

2.9/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 27, 2025 CVE published
June 27, 2025 Record updated