CVE-2024-10224

Qualys discovered that if unsanitized input was used with the library Modules::ScanDeps, before version 1.36 a local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell commands by open()ing a "pesky pipe" (such as passing "commands|" as a filename) or by passing arbitrary strings to eval().

Affected

Module::ScanDeps

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

CVSS v3.1 UBUNTU

5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

8.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2024-11-19

Updated

2025-11-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• sychikov/CVE-2024-11003-POC0★ · 2026-02-21

Security advisories

• rschupp/Module-ScanDeps/security/advisories/GHSA-g597-359q-v529
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10224
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1
• https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2024-11003