CVE-2022-30688 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting needrestart versions 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6, impacting Debian Linux and the needrestart project. It arises from unanchored regexes used to detect Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart checks for outdated source files. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.8, < 3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:needrestart_project:needrestart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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