CVE-2024-11003: Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This...

7.8 CVSS

Description

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. Please see the related CVE-2024-10224 in Modules::ScanDeps.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-11003

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

Affected Products

Vendor: needrestart

Product: needrestart

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 19.32% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0
https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224

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