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CVE-2025-59378

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).

MEDIUM 5.7EPSS 0.14%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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).

CVSS 3.1
5.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.14% probability · 4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-669
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.