CVE-2024-11003
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 7, 2024
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | canonical |
Weaknesses
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
needrestartneedrestart |
|
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11003issue-tracking
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/0f80a348883f72279a859ee655f58da34babefb0patch
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txtthird-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224issue-tracking
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html
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