CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 19.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2024-48990
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
19.92%
Original NVD 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.
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