CVE-2025-46415

Description

A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allows the removal of content from arbitrary folders. 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.

CVSS v3.1 Score

3.2

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-367 CWE-367

References

Other References

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-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46415 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/?search=CVE-2025-46415

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-46415? +

A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allows the removal of content from arbitrary folders. 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. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.2 (LOW).

How severe is CVE-2025-46415? +

CVE-2025-46415 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 3.2 out of 10, rated LOW. This is a low-severity vulnerability with limited impact.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-46415? +

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