CVE-2024-48992

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Ruby…

High · published November 19, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
8%
Percentile
94.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.07955 · 94.7th percentile
Published
2024-11-19T17:38Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 NOV 17:38Z
    Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Ruby…
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