VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-30688
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-05-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory