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CVE-2024-48992

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 6.61% 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. 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.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2024-48992
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
6.61%

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 Ruby interpreter with an attacker-controlled RUBYLIB environment variable.

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