CVE-2024-11003 (GCVE-0-2024-11003)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-19 17:36 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-19 19:51 UTC
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| needrestart | needrestart |
Affected:
0 , < 3.8
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| needrestart_project | needrestart |
Affected:
0 , < 3.8
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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