Description
A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers enables changing the ownership of arbitrary files to the UID and GID of the build user (e.g., nixbld* or guixbuild*). 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.
Published: 2025-06-27
Score: 5.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-19378 A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers enables changing the ownership of arbitrary files to the UID and GID of the build user (e.g., nixbld* or guixbuild*). 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.
History

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers enables changing the ownership of arbitrary files to the UID and GID of the build user (e.g., nixbld* or guixbuild*). 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.
Weaknesses CWE-362
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-27T15:04:24.269Z

Reserved: 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-52993

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-27T15:03:36.171Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-06-27T14:15:42.283

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-52993

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T21:48:07Z

Weaknesses