CVE catalog

CVE-2024-48990

needrestart and Module::ScanDeps vulnerabilities

Severity: Medium
Published: Nov 19, 2024, 4:00:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 21.27% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	needrestart	sid	`3.11-1`	fixed
Debian	needrestart	forky	`3.11-1`	fixed
Debian	needrestart	trixie	`3.11-1`	fixed
Debian	needrestart	bookworm	`3.6-4+deb12u3`	fixed
Debian	needrestart	bookworm-security	`3.6-4+deb12u3`	fixed
Ubuntu	libmodule-scandeps-perl	noble	`1.35-1ubuntu0.24.04.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	needrestart	noble	`3.6-7ubuntu4.3`	fixed
Ubuntu	needrestart	pro	`3.4-5`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	pro	`3.4-6`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	pro	`3.4-6ubuntu0.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	pro	`3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	needrestart	22.04	`3.5-4ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	22.04	`3.5-5ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	22.04	`3.5-5ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	22.04	`3.5-5ubuntu2.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	22.04	`3.5-5ubuntu2.2`	fixed
Ubuntu	needrestart	24.04	`3.6-5`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	24.04	`3.6-6`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	24.04	`3.6-7`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	24.04	`3.6-7ubuntu3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	24.04	`3.6-7ubuntu4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	24.04	`3.6-7ubuntu4.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	needrestart	24.04	`3.6-7ubuntu4.3`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	needrestart	source	sid	`3.7-3.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	needrestart	source	forky	`3.7-3.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	needrestart	source	trixie	`3.7-3.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	needrestart	source	bookworm	`3.6-4+deb12u2`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	libmodule-scandeps-perl	deb	noble	`1.35-1ubuntu0.24.04.1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	needrestart	deb	noble	`3.6-7ubuntu4.3`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	needrestart	deb	pro	`3.4-6ubuntu0.1+esm1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48990	Not reported
Ubuntu	needrestart	deb	22.04	`3.5-5ubuntu2.2`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48990	Not reported
Ubuntu	needrestart	deb	24.04	`3.6-7ubuntu4.3`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48990	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[needrestart]Fixed
Details (6)
- 3.6-4+deb12u3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6-4+deb12u2
  usn · needrestart · debian · bookworm; usn · needrestart · debian · 12
- 3.6-4+deb12u3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6-4+deb12u2
  usn · needrestart · debian · bookworm; usn · needrestart · debian · 12
- 3.8-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6-4+deb12u2
  usn · needrestart · debian · bookworm; usn · needrestart · debian · 12
- 3.8-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6-4+deb12u2
  usn · needrestart · debian · bookworm; usn · needrestart · debian · 12
- 3.6-4+deb12u3 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6-4+deb12u2
  usn · needrestart · debian · bookworm; usn · needrestart · debian · 12
- 3.6-4+deb12u3 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.6-4+deb12u2
  usn · needrestart · debian · bookworm; usn · needrestart · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[needrestart]Fixed
Details (2)
- 3.11-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.7-3.1
  usn · needrestart · debian · 13
- 3.11-1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.7-3.1
  usn · needrestart · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 27, 2026, 12:39:45 AM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]