CVE-2025-46416 — Improper Ownership Management in Guix

CWE-282 — Improper Ownership Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
2.9LOWNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Nixos NIXDebian Guix
Timeline
PublishedJun 27

Description

The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allow a bypass of build isolation in which a user can elevate their privileges to the build user account (e.g., nixbld or guixbuild). This affects Nix through 2.24.15, 2.26.4, 2.28.4, and 2.29.1; Lix through 2.91.2, 2.92.2, and 2.93.1; and Guix before 1.4.0-38.0e79d5b.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 1.4 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/guix
▶CVEListV5nixos/nix2.25.0 — 2.26.4+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2025-46416: The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allow a bypass of build isolation in which a user can elevate their privileges to the build user account (e↗2025-06-27
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GHSA
GHSA-33x6-8x8r-9jpw: The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allow a bypass of build isolation in which a user can elevate their privileges to the build user account (e↗2025-06-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2025-46416: guix - The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allow a bypass of build isolation in whi...↗2025
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