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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202608-22 ] needrestart: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 24 August 2026
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202608-22
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: needrestart: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 24, 2026
Bugs: #944015
ID: 202608-22

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in needrestart, the worst
of which allowing root privilege escalation.

Background
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needrestart is a tool to restart daemons after library updates.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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app-admin/needrestart < 3.8 >= 3.8

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in needrestart. Please
review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact
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An attacker could achieve root privilege escalation.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All needrestart users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/needrestart-3.8"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-11003
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11003
[ 2 ] CVE-2024-48990
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48990
[ 3 ] CVE-2024-48991
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48991
[ 4 ] CVE-2024-48992
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48992

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202608-22

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2026 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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