CVE-2025-32438 — Local privilege escalation in make-initrd-ng
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 defaul…
Published: 2025-04-15 · CVSS: 8.8 · CVSS 3.1
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;.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7