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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-07-14T20:42:12.818Z

Last Modified :

2025-07-15T19:50:28.259Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-53819 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Nixos
  • Nix
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-53819.

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https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/e2ef2cfcbc83ea01308ee64c38a58707ab23dec3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/13281 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/13455 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-qc7j-jgf3-qmhg cve-icon cve-icon
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