needrestart

Check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades. tldr-pages

GTFOBins inherit 1 documented command

How needrestart is abused

documented by GTFOBins

inherit

-c

Each abuse is GTFOBins's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on GTFOBins's page for needrestart.

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

inherit unprivileged, with sudo

This allows to run Perl code (...).

echo '...' >/path/to/temp-file
needrestart -c /path/to/temp-file

Identify

The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. This command is, with GTFOBins’ notes, from GTFOBins, at commit acd524623f9c of 2026-05-27, under the GPL-3.0, with no warranty. Changed: Markdown is shown formatted. The source is in lolbas-gtfobins-commands.json.gz, and the full entry is on GTFOBins’s page for needrestart. The identifier reads the line that runs needrestart.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

List outdated processes

needrestartIdentify

Interactively restart services

sudo needrestartIdentify

List outdated processes in verbose or quiet mode

needrestart -vIdentify

None of the 3 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.

needrestart

How needrestart is abused

1 documented command

Everyday use

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