CVE-2024-48990

HIGH

7.8

Description

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published11/19/2024

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

needrestart_project:needrestart

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

References

https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab(security@ubuntu.com)

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990(security@ubuntu.com)

https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt(security@ubuntu.com)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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