CVE-2025-32438

8.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (8.8). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-378, CWE-379
Published: 2025-04-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/b17590193d8e5697000c23c66afcf11e1753734d
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fbf76bf72b161b9f4ab97704a8258776d5f3ffba
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/security/advisories/GHSA-m7pq-h9p4-8rr4

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