CVE-2022-30688
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30688
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-30688.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-30688
- Downstream
- Published
- 2022-05-17T19:15:08.743Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-21T10:41:12.950444Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
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- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/15
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9
Affected packages
Git / github.com/liske/needrestart
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/liske/needrestart
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroducedFixed