High severity · published Sep 25, 2024
CVE-2024-8996
Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation from Local User to SYSTEM This issue affects Agent Flow: before…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation from Local User to SYSTEM
This issue affects Agent Flow: before 0.43.2
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AG
Agent · Grafana
before 0.43.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8996
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8996
Release Notes
https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3
Vendor Advisory
https://grafana.com/blog/2024/09/25/grafana-alloy-and-grafana-agent-flow-security-release-high-severity-fix-for-cve-2024-8975-and-cve-2024-8996/
Vendor Advisory
https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996/
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