CVE-2025-53819
Publication date 14 July 2025
Last updated 16 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Builds with Nix 2.30.0 on macOS were executed with elevated privileges (root), instead of the build users. The fix was applied to Nix 2.30.1. No known workarounds are available.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| nix | ||
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
7.9 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L