CVE-2022-30688
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 17, 2022 at 06:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxNeedrestart
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%0.8 ≤ v < 3.6
Affected range stops below 3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/15CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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