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The vulnerability of the needrestart utility, related to the uncontrolled element in the search process, allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the root user.

🗓️ 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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 bdu_fstec🔗 bdu.fstec.ru👁 1 Views

Needrestart vulnerability allows root code execution via uncontrolled search element and PYTHONPATH manipulation.

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0day.today		needrestart Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
24 Nov 202400:00
–zdt
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
31 Oct 202503:22
–githubexploit
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
13 Feb 202613:56
–githubexploit
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
24 Nov 202407:33
–githubexploit
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
28 Oct 202521:51
–githubexploit
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
19 Dec 202518:21
–githubexploit
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
25 Nov 202405:28
–githubexploit
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
20 Nov 202418:41
–githubexploit
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
30 Oct 202505:02
–githubexploit
GithubExploit		Exploit for Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Needrestart_Project Needrestart
18 Dec 202403:39
–githubexploit
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05 Nov 2025 00:00Current
8.1High risk
Vulners AI Score8.1
CVSS 26.8
CVSS 37.8
EPSS0.15245
needrestart vulnerabilityroot code executionpythonpath manipulationsearch process vulnerabilityenvironment variable manipulationarbitrary code execution
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