CVE-2025-46415

A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allows the removal of content from...

3.2 Low

A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allows the removal of content from arbitrary folders. This affects Nix before 2.24.15, 2.26.4, 2.28.4, and 2.29.1; Lix before 2.91.2, 2.92.2, and 2.93.1; and Guix before 1.4.0-38.0e79d5b.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.14%Up 0.1 points since Jun 28, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 3.2

Record: CVE-2025-46415
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-367
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-19426 3.2

Record: EUVD-2025-19426
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r756-7c6v-6jh7 3.2

A race condition in the Nix, Lix, and Guix package managers allows the removal of content from...

Record: GHSA-r756-7c6v-6jh7
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-367
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 3.2

Record: CVE-2025-46415
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-367
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-46415 3.2

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2025-46415
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-46415 3.2

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2025-46415
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Record: CVE-2025-46415
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15248-1 No score

nix-2.29.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the nix-2.29.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2025:15248-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

nixos nix

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`guix` Debian:11	All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.0-41.2.0-4+deb11u11.2.0-4+deb11u21.2.0-4+deb11u31.3.0+26720.a2e4e-1 Show 24 moreShow less 1.3.0+26756.c07b5-11.3.0+26756.c07b5-21.3.0-11.3.0-21.3.0-31.3.0-41.3.0-51.3.0~rc1-11.4.0+154709.ab1b557d8f3-11.4.0+154710+ab1b5-11.4.0+154710+ab1b5-21.4.0+154928+f1810-11.4.0-11.4.0-21.4.0-31.4.0-41.4.0-51.4.0-61.4.0-71.4.0-81.4.0-91.4.0~rc1-11.4.0~rc1-21.4.0~rc2-1	None known
`guix` Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.0-41.3.0-21.3.0-41.3.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1	None known
`guix` Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.4.0-51.4.0-61.4.0-6build11.4.0-6ubuntu0.1~esm1	None known
`nix` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 4 CVEs	before 2.29.1-1.1	2.29.1-1.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-46415 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.2) in Nixos Nix, published June 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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