CVE-2024-48990

The CVE-2024-48990 vulnerability affects needrestart prior to 3.8, where an attacker can cause root code execution by manipulating the PYTHONPATH environment variable as needrestart runs Python with elevated privileges. Public PoCs and exploits exist (e.g., PoCs and Metasploit module targeting ne...

CVE-2022-30688

CVE-2022-30688 affects needrestart versions 0.8–3.5; the vulnerability arises from unanchored regexes used to detect Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters, enabling a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart checks interpreter sources. Documented impact is local privilege escalation with ...

CVE-2024-11003

Qualys-identified vulnerability in needrestart (before version 3.8): unsanitized input passed to Modules::ScanDeps can allow a local user to run arbitrary shell commands. The root cause is unsafe data handling by needrestart feeding Modules::ScanDeps, enabling command execution on the host with l...

CVE-2024-48992

CVE-2024-48992 affects needrestart before 3.8. An attacker could trigger arbitrary root commands by supplying an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB and tricking the Ruby interpreter, per the initial description. The TencentOS Server 4 advisory also notes that needrestart passes unsanitized data to Modul...

CVE-2024-48991

CVE-2024-48991 affects needrestart prior to version 3.8. The issue arises from a race condition that allows a local attacker to trick needrestart into executing their own Python interpreter, leading to arbitrary code execution as root. The initial fix (commit 6ce6136) introduced a regression, whi...