VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-48992

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability7.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-11-19
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

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Primary references