Is CVE-2022-30688 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-30688 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-30688?

CVE-2022-30688 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-30688?

CVE-2022-30688 has an EPSS score of 0.40% (32th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-30688?

Upgrade needrestart on debian 11 to 3.5-4+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-30688

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.

How to fix

Remediation Available

needrestartDebian

Fixed in:3.5-4+deb11u1CVE-2022-30688

Fixed in:3.6-1CVE-2022-30688

needrestartUbuntu

Fixed in:3.1-1ubuntu0.1USN-5426-1

Fixed in:3.4-6ubuntu0.1USN-5426-1

Fixed in:3.5-5ubuntu2.1USN-5426-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory6

Other references2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.