{"cve":"CVE-2024-48990","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-19T18:15:21.530","modified":"2026-06-17T07:59:11.790","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-427"],"references":["https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149ab","https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990","https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html"],"products":["needrestart_project:needrestart"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:34.731061660+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-48990","score":0.21269,"percentile":0.97597,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}