CVE-2025-32438

Description

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;.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-08 | Published 2025-04-15 | Updated 2025-04-15 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

CWE-378: Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions

CWE-379: Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Product status

References

github.com/...ixpkgs/security/advisories/GHSA-m7pq-h9p4-8rr4

github.com/...ommit/b17590193d8e5697000c23c66afcf11e1753734d

github.com/...ommit/fbf76bf72b161b9f4ab97704a8258776d5f3ffba

cve.org (CVE-2025-32438)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-32438)

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