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CVE-2025-52993

5.6 · MEDIUM

A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers enables changing the ownership of arbitrary files to the UID and GID of the build user (e.g., nixbld* or guixbuild*).

Published Jun 27, 2025CWE-362EPSS 0.14%

Overview

CVE-2025-52993 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on June 27, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.6 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.6, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers enables changing the ownership of arbitrary files to the UID and GID of the build user (e.g., nixbld* or guixbuild*). This affects Nix before 2.24.15, 2.26.4, 2.28.4, and 2.29.1; Lix before 2.91.2, 2.92.2, and 2.93.1; and Guix before 1.4.0-38.0e79d5b.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refdiscourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017Refguix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/Reflabs.snyk.ioReflix.systems/blog/2025-06-24-lix-cves/Refsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-52993Refsecurity.snyk.io/vuln/?search=CVE-2025-52993

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-52993?

CVE-2025-52993 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on June 27, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.6 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-52993?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.6, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-52993?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-52993?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2025-52993 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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