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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2024-52867 json

guix-daemon in GNU Guix before 5ab3c4c allows privilege escalation because build outputs are accessible by local users before file metadata…

published 2024-11-17 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-45958

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

guix-daemon in GNU Guix before 5ab3c4c allows privilege escalation because build outputs are accessible by local users before file metadata concerns (e.g., for setuid and setgid programs) are properly addressed. The vulnerability can be remediated within the product via certain pull, reconfigure, and restart actions. Both 5ab3c4c and 5582241 are needed to resolve the vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • gnu guix 5ab3c4c
  • guix Debian 11 1.2.0-4+deb11u3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52867

  • guix Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.3.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • guix Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 1.4.0-6ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52867

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • gnu guix

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

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