{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48992 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2024-48992 is a high-severity 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-2024-48992 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-48992 is a high-severity 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: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48992 in the wild and no public exploit code.\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-2024-48992/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48992/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-48992","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48992/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-48992","record":{"aliases":["CLSA-2024-1733429722","DEBIAN-CVE-2024-48992","GHSA-xmgx-2283-p55h","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48992"],"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 RUBYLIB environment variable to trick needrestart into running the Ruby interpreter.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"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 Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Privilege escalation in needrestart","id":"CVE-2024-48992","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"SQL Server Native Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-48993"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Race condition in needrestart","id":"CVE-2024-48991"},"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":"Code injection in needrestart","id":"CVE-2024-48990","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"}],"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)"}],"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 RUBYLIB environment variable to trick needrestart into running the Ruby interpreter.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48992/"}