CVE catalog
CVE-2025-53819
nix: CVE-2025-53819
- Severity
- Low
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.15% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nix | sid | 2.34.8+dfsg-1 | not affected |
| Debian | nix | forky | 2.34.8+dfsg-1 | not affected |
| Debian | nix | trixie | 2.26.3+dfsg-1 | not affected |
| Debian | nix | bookworm | 2.8.0-1.1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nix | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nix | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nix | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nix | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.