CVE-2025-53819 | BDVDB-2026-286151 Detail

NixOSnix

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact high, availability impact low. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-271 Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-07-14Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22025-07-15Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-07-14
Last modified: 2025-07-15

Vendor information

Vendor: NixOS
Product: nix

All NixOS vulnerabilities

Score

7.9 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 3.9.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
= 2.30.0
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

7.9 High

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity	High
Availability	Low

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).