CVE-2024-48990
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48990
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-48990.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-48990
- Downstream
- Published
- 2024-11-19T18:15:21.530Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-16T04:29:38.273091Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
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- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
Affected packages
Git / github.com/liske/needrestart
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed