Name: CVE-2024-11003: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2024-11003, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.21155

Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, passes unsanitized data to a library (Modules::ScanDeps) which expects safe input. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. Please see the related CVE-2024-10224 in Modules::ScanDeps.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade needrestart	Nov 25, 2024	Nov 19, 2024
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-admin/needrestart.	Aug 24, 2026	Aug 24, 2026
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libmodule-scandeps-perl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade needrestartUpgrade libmodule-scandeps-perlUpgrade needrestart (Ubuntu Pro)	Nov 20, 2024	Nov 19, 2024

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CVSS Details

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