{"id":59565,"date":"2025-07-22T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:37:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-09T02:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:35:49","slug":"cve-2025-53819-nix-package-manager-security-vulnerability-in-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53819-nix-package-manager-security-vulnerability-in-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53819: Nix Package Manager Security Vulnerability in macOS<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-53819 is a critical security vulnerability discovered in Nix, a popular package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. This vulnerability specifically affects builds with Nix 2.30.0 on macOS, where the builds were executed with root privileges instead of the build users, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Due to the widespread usage of Nix in Unix systems and the severity of the potential damage, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33077-local-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69268\">vulnerability merits serious attention from system<\/a> administrators, developers, and all concerned parties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53819<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score 7.9)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50160-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-rras-posing-system-compromise-risk\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78534\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2162471640\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Nix Package Manager | 2.30.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6380-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-onlyoffice-docs-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69267\">vulnerability arises from the incorrect assignment of user privileges<\/a> during the build process in Nix 2.30.0 on macOS. Instead of assigning the builds to the user who initiated them, they are executed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43199-a-high-risk-permissions-issue-enabling-root-privileges-via-malicious-apps\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80987\">root privileges<\/a>. This means that a malicious user or script could potentially initiate a build that includes harmful or exploitative actions, which the system would then execute with root privileges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74244\">leading to potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2596029026\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>An exploitation of this vulnerability might look like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># User initiates a build with a malicious script\nnix-build --expr &#039;(import &lt;nixpkgs&gt; {}).runCommand &quot;bad&quot; {} &quot;echo \\&quot;malicious code\\&quot; &gt; \/root\/malicious.txt&quot;&#039;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the build includes a script that writes &#8220;malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54444-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-code-injection-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69269\">code&#8221; to a file<\/a> in the root directory. Because the build is executed with root privileges, this action is allowed, even if the user does not have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52688-critical-vulnerability-allowing-root-command-injection-on-access-point\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74245\">root access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vendor, Nix, has released a patch in the form of an updated version (2.30.1) that corrects this vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to apply this patch as soon as possible. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. However, these solutions should be considered stopgap measures, and the update should be applied as soon as it is feasible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-53819 is a critical security vulnerability discovered in Nix, a popular package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. This vulnerability specifically affects builds with Nix 2.30.0 on macOS, where the builds were executed with root privileges instead of the build users, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. 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