CVE-2024-48991: Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by winning a race condition and...
7.8
CVSS
Description
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by winning a race condition and tricking needrestart into running their own, fake Python interpreter (instead of the system's real Python interpreter). The initial security fix (6ce6136) introduced a regression which was subsequently resolved (42af5d3).
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-48991
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: 17.81% (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-2024-48991https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/6ce6136cccc307c6b8a0f8cae12f9a22ac2aad59
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/42af5d328901287a4f79d1f5861ac827a53fd56d
https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt