CVE-2025-52991 describes a vulnerability in Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers where temporary build directories are world-readable and world-writable, allowing standard users to manipulate the build process with pre-existing content. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 3.2) has a low attack complexity and could lead to unauthorized actions or data manipulation, though it does not impact confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, with only one article from Hacker News mentioning fixes for related Lix CVEs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, < 2.24.15CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:nixos:nix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.25.0, < 2.26.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:nixos:nix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.27.0, < 2.28.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:nixos:nix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.29.0, < 2.29.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:nixos:nix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.