CVE-2024-48990 | needrestart up to 3.7 Environment Variable PYTHONPATH Local Privilege Escalation (Nessus ID 211606)
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in needrestart up to 3.7. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Environment Variable Handler. The manipulation of the argument PYTHONPATH leads to Local Privilege Escalation.
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-48990. Attacking locally is a requirement. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.