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CVE-2024-48990
CVSS 7.8
1 detection found
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.
Detection rules
| Source | Rule | Status | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| splunk | Linux Possible Privilege Escalation via PYTHONPATH | production | 2026-07-08 |