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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2024-10224 json

Qualys discovered that if unsanitized input was used with the library Modules::ScanDeps, before version 1.36 a local attacker could possibl…

published 2024-11-19 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-33491

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.0%
EPSS 9.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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().

Patch / fix

  • Module::ScanDeps Module::ScanDeps 1.38
  • module_scandeps needrestart 1.38
  • libmodule-scandeps-perl Debian 12 1.31-2+deb12u1
  • libmodule-scandeps-perl Debian 14, Debian 13 1.35-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-10224

  • libmodule-scandeps-perl Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.31-1ubuntu0.1
  • libmodule-scandeps-perl Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.35-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • libmodule-scandeps-perl Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.20-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • libmodule-scandeps-perl Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • libmodule-scandeps-perl Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10224

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • perl-Module-ScanDeps RHEL 9 1.30-6.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:7350

  • perl-Module-ScanDeps openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.370.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14635-1

  • perl-Module-ScanDeps AlmaLinux 9 1.30-6.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:7350

  • perl-Module-ScanDeps Rocky Linux 9 1.30-6.el9

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:7350

  • perl-module-scandeps Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 1.37-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-10224

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • perl-Module-ScanDeps CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.35-2
  • perl-Module-ScanDeps Azure Linux 3.0 1.35-3

azure linux advisories AZL-53394AZL-53397

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-10224 updated cvss 5.3

module-scandeps: local privilege escalation via unsanitized input

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-Module-ScanDeps
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perl-Module-ScanDeps
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) perl-Module-ScanDeps 1.30-6.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:7350

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

8.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/rschupp/Module-ScanDeps/security/advisories/GHSA-g597-359q-v529 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • qualys.com https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Module::ScanDeps Module::ScanDeps
  • module_scandeps needrestart

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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