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GHSA-4696-66C4-2GVX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-19 18:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:32

Details

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).

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:32:04Z",
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CVE-2024-48991 (GCVE-0-2024-48991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-19 17:38 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:22

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Assigner

canonical

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48991	issue-tracking
	https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/6ce61…	patch
	https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/42af5…	patch
	https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/nee…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	needrestart	needrestart	Affected: 0 , < 3.8 (semver)

Credits

Qualys Thomas Liske Mark Esler Salvatore Bonaccorso Ivan Kurnosov

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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