{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32438 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-32438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-32438 is a high-severity vulnerability in NixOS nixpkgs, published on 15 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-32438 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-32438 is a high-severity vulnerability in NixOS nixpkgs, published on 15 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32438 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: NixOS nixpkgs. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32438/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32438/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-32438","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32438/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-32438","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-m7pq-h9p4-8rr4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"NixOS initrd tool","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to root by creating a program executed during system shutdown in NixOS.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-379","name":"Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions"},{"id":"CWE-378","name":"Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions"}],"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;.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Local privilege escalation in make-initrd-ng","id":"CVE-2025-32438","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"pleezer allows resource exhaustion through uncollected hook script processes","id":"CVE-2025-32439"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"AutoGPT has a DoS vulnerability in MediaDurationBlock","id":"CVE-2025-32437"},"products":["nixpkgs"],"published":"2025-04-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-04-15","vendors":["NixOS"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to root by creating a program executed during system shutdown in NixOS.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32438/"}