PT-2025-16395 · Nixos · Nixos

Sudobash418 · Published 2025-04-15 · Updated 2025-04-16 · CVE-2025-32438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NixOS versions prior to 24.11 and 25.05

Description The issue is a local privilege escalation affecting all NixOS users, where a local user can create a program to be executed by root during shutdown when systemd.shutdownRamfs.enable is enabled, which is the default setting.

Recommendations For versions prior to 24.11 and 25.05, apply the existing patches. As a temporary workaround for all affected versions, set systemd.shutdownRamfs.enable to false.

Exploit

Fix

LPE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-379

CWE-378

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-32438

GHSA-M7PQ-H9P4-8RR4

Affected Products

Nixos

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/32xxx/CVE-2025-32438.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32438 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fbf76bf72b161b9f4ab97704a8258776d5f3ffba · Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/b17590193d8e5697000c23c66afcf11e1753734d · Note
• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/security/advisories/GHSA-m7pq-h9p4-8rr4 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1912234816428274100 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVETracker/status/1912597046759924179 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/23010 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1912238692694994981 · Twitter Post