CVE-2024-8996 json
Grafana Agent Flow on Windows Unquoted service path
published 2024-09-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4 , GO-2024-3170 , EUVD-2024-2829
- cvss
- 7.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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
Patch / fix
- go github.com/grafana/agent 0.43.3
- Grafana Agent Flow 0.43.2
- grafana agent_flow_windows 0.43.2
- govulncheck-vulndb SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.6 +1 more 0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1
- govulncheck-vulndb Package Hub 12 0.0.20241104T154416-5.1
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20241030T212825-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14447-1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/grafana/agent | <0.43.3 |
0.43.3 |
Affected products
- Grafana Agent Flow
- grafana agent_flow_windows
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element
References
-
github.com
/grafana/agent/commit/91bab2c05906938d3f8e1e3c61a863f037985299
web, patch
-
grafana.com
/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996/
vendor-advisory
-
grafana.com
/blog/2024/09/25/grafana-alloy-and-grafana-agent-flow-security-release-high-severity-fix-for-cve-2024-8975-and
vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3
web, release-notes
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8996
advisory
-
github.com
/grafana/agent
package
-
github.com
/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.2
web
-
grafana.com
/blog/2024/09/25/grafana-alloy-and-grafana-agent-flow-security-release-high-severity-fix-for-cve-2024-8975-and
web
-
grafana.com
/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996
web
-
pkg.go.dev
/vuln/GO-2024-3170
web
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-8996
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4
- NVD CVE-2024-8996
- OSV GO-2024-3170
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