CVE-2022-30688

7.8 HIGH
Published: May 17, 2022 Modified: November 03, 2025
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Description

needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
16th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

needrestart_project debian