CVE-2022-30688
needrestart - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.40%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-30688
To remediate CVE-2022-30688, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.5-4+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.11-3+deb9u2 or later
- —upgrade to 3.4-5+deb10u1 or later
Is CVE-2022-30688 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 3.5-4+deb11u1
- from 0, < 2.11-3+deb9u2
- from 0, < 3.4-5+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |