CVE-2025-53819
Nix's privilege dropping to build user broke for macOS
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 Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:CScopeChanged
Impact
C:LConfidentialityLow
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:LAvailabilityLow
Weaknesses
Affected Products
NixOS
oss-project
Exploitability
No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
References
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/e2ef2cfcbc83ea01308ee64c38a58707ab23dec3
github.com
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/13281
github.com
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/13455
github.com
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