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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD2.9 Low

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.g., nixbld or guixbuild). This a

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

NixOS Nix

Default version status: unknown

  • 0 to ≤ 2.24.15affected
  • 2.25.0 to ≤ 2.26.4affected
  • 2.27.0 to ≤ 2.28.4affected
  • 2.29.0 to ≤ 2.29.1affected

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