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.
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00012}


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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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-14T21:15:28.120

Modified: 2025-07-15T13:14:24.053

Link: CVE-2025-53819

cve-icon Redhat

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