Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable.
CVSS
No CVSS.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/b5f25f6ec6e7dd0c5be249e4e45de4ee9ffe594f | Patch |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48992 | VDB Entry |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1 | Mailing List |
| https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
03 Jul 2025, 16:08
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Needrestart Project needrestart
Needrestart Project |
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| References | () https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48992 - VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1 - Mailing List | |
| References | () https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/b5f25f6ec6e7dd0c5be249e4e45de4ee9ffe594f - Patch |
03 Dec 2024, 14:15
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| References |
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19 Nov 2024, 18:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2024-11-19 18:15
Updated : 2025-07-03 16:08
NVD link : CVE-2024-48992
Mitre link : CVE-2024-48992
JSON object : View
Products Affected
needrestart_project
- needrestart
CWE
No CWE.