UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59378

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-59378
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59378.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59378
Upstream
Published
2025-09-15T06:15:00Z
Modified
2026-09-16T20:22:53Z
Severity
  • 5.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / guix

Package

Name
guix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/guix?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fjammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.0-4
1.3.0-2
1.3.0-4
1.3.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "guix",
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59378.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / guix

Package

Name
guix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/guix?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.0-5
1.4.0-6
1.4.0-6build1
1.4.0-6ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "guix",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-6ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59378.json"