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    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:Nov 19, 2024
    Last Modified:Nov 3, 2025
    EPS:Nov 19, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.17587
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Needrestart Project
    Product
    Needrestart

    Exploits

    https://github.com/0x3bs/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/ally-petitt/CVE-2024-48990-Exploithttps://github.com/BLUEBERRYP1LL/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/Cyb3rFr0g/CVE-2024-48990-PoChttps://github.com/CyberCrowCC/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/czeti/CVE-2024-48990_needrestarthttps://github.com/felmoltor/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/grecosamuel/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/kikechans/-Linux-PrivEsc-CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/Loaxert/CVE-2024-48990-PoChttps://github.com/makuga01/CVE-2024-48990-PoChttps://github.com/mladicstefan/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/Mr-DJ/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/ns989/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/NullByte-7w7/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/o-sec/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/pentestfunctions/CVE-2024-48990-PoC-Testinghttps://github.com/R0XDEADBEEF/CVE-2024-48990https://github.com/Serner77/CVE-2024-48990-Automatic-Exploithttps://github.com/sobbing333/CVE-2024-48990-POChttps://github.com/tahsinunluturk/needrestart-privesc-cve-2024-48990https://github.com/ten-ops/CVE-2024-48990_needrestart

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High