{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-48990 exists.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2024-48990 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in needrestart, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-48990 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-48990 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in needrestart, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-48990 exists.\n\nAffected product: needrestart. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48990/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48990/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-48990","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48990/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-48990","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2024-48990","GHSA-7c65-3hqv-hvmm","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48990"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux system utility","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code as root by manipulating the PYTHONPATH environment variable in needrestart.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"canonical","cpe":[{"product":"needrestart","vendor":"needrestart_project"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"description":"Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2024-11-19","github_poc":18,"max_poc_stars":105,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2024-11-20T18:41:25Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/makuga01/CVE-2024-48990-PoC","stars":105,"title":"PoC for CVE-2024-48990"},{"date":"2024-11-24T07:33:06Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/pentestfunctions/CVE-2024-48990-PoC-Testing","stars":26,"title":"Testing POC for use cases"},{"date":"2025-10-28T19:07:07Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Serner77/CVE-2024-48990-Automatic-Exploit","stars":9,"title":"Automated local privilege escalation exploit for CVE-2024-48990 (needrestart v3.7), leveraging PYTHONPATH hijacking to gain root access."},{"date":"2024-11-21T23:59:49Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/ns989/CVE-2024-48990","stars":5,"title":"Exploit for CVE-2024-48990 (Local Privilege Escalation in needrestart \u003c 3.8)"},{"date":"2024-11-25T05:28:20Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/ally-petitt/CVE-2024-48990-Exploit","stars":5,"title":"My exploit for CVE-2024-48990. Full details of how I made this are on my blog."},{"date":"2024-11-24T02:12:36Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Cyb3rFr0g/CVE-2024-48990-PoC","stars":2,"title":"My take on the needrestart Python CVE-2024-48990"},{"date":"2025-12-16T15:59:02Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/o-sec/CVE-2024-48990","stars":2,"title":"an exploit for CVE-2024-48990 ( Local Privilege Escalation ) in needrestart "},{"date":"2024-12-18T03:39:57Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/NullByte-7w7/CVE-2024-48990","stars":1,"title":null}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Code injection in needrestart","id":"CVE-2024-48990","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"code_injection","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Race condition in needrestart","id":"CVE-2024-48991"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in IndraDrive FWA-INDRV*-MP*","id":"CVE-2024-48989"},"products":["needrestart"],"published":"2024-11-19","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Command injection in needrestart","id":"CVE-2024-11003","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-11-19"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Race condition in needrestart","id":"CVE-2024-48991","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-11-19"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in needrestart","id":"CVE-2024-48992","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-11-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-11-03","vendors":["needrestart"]},"summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code as root by manipulating the PYTHONPATH environment variable in needrestart.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48990/"}