CVE-2024-11003

HIGH EPSS 95.5%
Published Nov 19, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Nov 19, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. Please see the related CVE-2024-10224 in Modules::ScanDeps.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
95.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
needrestart_projectneedrestart* <3.8

References 7

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
  • github.com https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html
  • cve.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224
    VDB Entry
  • cve.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003
    VDB Entry
  • openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
    Mailing List
  • qualys.com https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0
    Patch