CVE-2024-48990 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-48990

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers...

Vulnerability Description

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.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Qualys
  • Thomas Liske
  • Mark Esler

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Affected Vendor

needrestart

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Affected Software

needrestart
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 19th, 2024
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 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.