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CVE-2024-48991

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 5.29% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-11-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects F5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2024-48991
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
5.29%
F5

Original NVD Description

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by winning a race condition and tricking needrestart into running their own, fake Python interpreter (instead of the system's real Python interpreter). The initial security fix (6ce6136) introduced a regression which was subsequently resolved (42af5d3).

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