PT-2025-37452 · Gnu Guix+1 · Gnu Guix+1

Caleb Ristvedt · Published 2025-01-01 · Updated 2025-09-15 · CVE-2025-59378

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Guix versions prior to 1618ca7

Description A content-addressed-mirrors file can be written to create a setuid program. This allows a regular user to gain the privileges of the build user, even after the build process has completed.

Recommendations Update to a version prior to 1618ca7.

Fix

LPE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-669

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-59378

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu Guix

References · 13

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59378 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-59378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59378 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-59378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1967466014574055779 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/32486 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1967476753292558546 · Twitter Post
• https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-2025-2 · Note
• https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/pulls/2419 · Note
• https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/commit/1618ca7aa2ee8b6519ee9fd0b965e15eca2bfe45 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/135439 · Telegram Post