CVE-2025-53819
moderate-risk
Published 2025-07-14
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.03% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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7
CVSS 7.9/10
High
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
30
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
25/34 · High
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal