CVE-2024-48992 HIGH

CVE-2024-48992

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

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, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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