GLSA 202608-22: needrestart: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	needrestart: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/24/2026
Bugs:	#944015
ID:	202608-22

Synopsis

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

Background

needrestart is a tool to restart daemons after library updates.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/needrestart	< 3.8	>= 3.8	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

An attacker could achieve root privilege escalation.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All needrestart users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202608-22.xml

Concerns?

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.