CVE-2024-48991

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). The initial security fix (6ce6136) introduced a regression which was subsequently resolved (42af5d3).

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/42af5d328901287a4f79d1f5861ac827a53fd56d	Patch
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/6ce6136cccc307c6b8a0f8cae12f9a22ac2aad59	Patch
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48991	VDB Entry
https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt	Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/30/4	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1	Mailing List

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Nov 2025, 23:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17 - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html -

Information

Published : 2024-11-19 18:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 23:16

NVD link : CVE-2024-48991

Mitre link : CVE-2024-48991

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-48991

JSON object : View

Products Affected

needrestart_project

needrestart

CWE

CWE-362

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

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