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High
CVE-2022-30688
needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local...
Vulnerability Description
needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html
Affected Vendor
needrestart project
View all reports →Affected Software
needrestart, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0.8, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 17th, 2022
Last Modified:
November 3rd, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.