Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting guix package, versions *
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- published25 Jun 2025
- disclosed27 Jun 2025
Introduced: 25 Jun 2025
CVE-2025-52991 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:12 guix.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream guix package and not the guix package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
The Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers default to using temporary build directories in a world-readable and world-writable location. This allows standard users to deceive the package manager into using directories with pre-existing content, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data manipulation. 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-52991
- https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017
- https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/
- https://labs.snyk.io
- https://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-24-lix-cves/
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/?search=CVE-2025-52991