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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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. | |
Title | Nix's privilege dropping to build user broke for macOS | |
Weaknesses | CWE-271 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2025-07-14T20:42:12.818Z
Updated: 2025-07-15T19:50:28.259Z
Reserved: 2025-07-09T14:14:52.529Z
Link: CVE-2025-53819

Updated: 2025-07-15T13:27:06.474Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-14T21:15:28.120
Modified: 2025-07-15T13:14:24.053
Link: CVE-2025-53819

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