CVE-2025-52993

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 2.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-06-27 00:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-27 15:04Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2025-06-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5208ac23160c9d55305a6477a7032df4d0fc472733cefc185c6104f8b8972354

• discourse.nixos.orghttps://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017
• lix.systemshttps://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-24-lix-cves/
• guix.gnu.orghttps://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-2025/
• labs.snyk.iohttps://labs.snyk.io
• security.snyk.iohttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/?search=CVE-2025-52993
• security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-52993