CVE-2025-53819 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Nix package manager versions 2.30.0 on macOS, where builds were incorrectly executed with root privileges instead of standard build user permissions. This local vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| NixOS | Nix | = 2.30.0CNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
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