Description
The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers fail to properly set permissions when a derivation build fails. This may allow arbitrary processes to modify the content of a store outside of the build sandbox. This affects Nix before 2.24.15, 2.26.4, 2.28.4, and 2.29.1; Lix before 2.91.2, 2.92.2, and 2.93.1; and Guix before 1.4.0-38.0e79d5b.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 3.2/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NixOS | Nix | < 2.24.15; >= 2.25.0, < 2.26.4; >= 2.27.0, < 2.28.4; >= 2.29.0, < 2.29.1 |
References
- https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017
- https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/
- https://labs.snyk.io
- https://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-24-lix-cves/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-52992
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/?search=CVE-2025-52992
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 27, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred