# CVE-2025-32438

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-32438
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-378, CWE-379
- **Published:** Apr 15, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## 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;.

## Affected Products

- NixOS — nixpkgs (< b17590193d8e5697000c23c66afcf11e1753734d)
- NixOS — nixpkgs (< fbf76bf72b161b9f4ab97704a8258776d5f3ffba)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/security/advisories/GHSA-m7pq-h9p4-8rr4)
- [CNA](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/b17590193d8e5697000c23c66afcf11e1753734d)
- [CNA](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fbf76bf72b161b9f4ab97704a8258776d5f3ffba)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.18%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 7.5

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._