CVE-2024-11003 HIGH

CVE-2024-11003

Vendor Needrestart
Product needrestart
Published November 19, 2024
Last update November 3, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 19, 2024 CVE published
November 3, 2025 Record updated