Vulnerability in Needrestart
CVE-2024-48990
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.205 (97.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.205 · newest: 0.205 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Needrestart — versions 0
- Needrestart Project
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- makuga01/CVE-2024-48990-PoC
- pentestfunctions/CVE-2024-48990-PoC-Testing
- Serner77/CVE-2024-48990-Automatic-Exploit
- czeti/CVE-2024-48990_needrestart
- ally-petitt/CVE-2024-48990-Exploit
- ns989/CVE-2024-48990
- tahsinunluturk/needrestart-privesc-cve-2024-48990
- o-sec/CVE-2024-48990
- Cyb3rFr0g/CVE-2024-48990-PoC
- BLUEBERRYP1LL/CVE-2024-48990
References
- www.cve.org/CVERecord (issue-tracking, VDB Entry)
- github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab (Patch, patch)
- www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-48990?
- CVE-2024-48990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Needrestart, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-19.
- How severe is CVE-2024-48990?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-48990 known to be exploited?
- 30 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.