CVE-2025-32438 (GCVE-0-2025-32438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-15 19:57 – Updated: 2025-04-15 20:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local privilege escalation in make-initrd-ng
Summary
make-initrd-ng is a tool for copying binaries and their dependencies. Local privilege escalation affecting all NixOS users. With systemd.shutdownRamfs.enable enabled (the default) a local user is able to create a program that will be executed by root during shutdown. Patches exist for NixOS 24.11 and 25.05 / unstable. As a workaround, set systemd.shutdownRamfs.enable = false;.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-15 20:08 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/security/advisor… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/b17590193… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fbf76bf72… | x_refsource_MISC |
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