ghsa-6qgc-vw4g-mxw4
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-18 00:00
Modified
2025-11-04 00:30
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-30688"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-05-17T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.",
  "id": "GHSA-6qgc-vw4g-mxw4",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:30:31Z",
  "published": "2022-05-18T00:00:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30688"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/15"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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