fkie_nvd - fkie_cve-2025-59378

fkie_cve-2025-59378

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-09-15 06:15

Modified

2025-09-15 15:21

Severity ?

5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

In guix-daemon in GNU Guix before 1618ca7, a content-addressed-mirrors file can be written to create a setuid program that allows a regular user to gain the privileges of the build user that runs it (even after the build has ended).

References

▼	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/commit/1618ca7aa2ee8b6519ee9fd0b965e15eca2bfe45
	cve@mitre.org	https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-2025-2/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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  "lastModified": "2025-09-15T15:21:42.937",
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          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
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CVE-2025-59378 (GCVE-0-2025-59378)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-09-15 00:00

Modified

2025-09-15 20:23

Severity ?

5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-669 - Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

Summary

In guix-daemon in GNU Guix before 1618ca7, a content-addressed-mirrors file can be written to create a setuid program that allows a regular user to gain the privileges of the build user that runs it (even after the build has ended).

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-2025-2/
	https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/commit/1618ca7aa2ee8b6519ee9fd0b965e15eca2bfe45

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GNU	Guix	Version: 0

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