High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-48990
CVE-2024-48990
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.
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Affected products
2<3.8+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <3.8
- (no CPE)range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149abnvdPatch
- www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txtnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.cve.org/CVERecordnvdVDB Entry
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1nvdMailing List
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.htmlnvd
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