CVE-2024-48990

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

21.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-11-19 17:38Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-03 22:22Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-10-11

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8271275795d573df82bd9c49b4c1e7c4c9f7454f90676393fd656103d2de56c6

• www.cve.orghttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48990issue-tracking
• github.comhttps://github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/fcc9a4401392231bef4ef5ed026a0d7a275149abpatch
• www.qualys.comhttps://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txtthird-party-advisory
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
• seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.html