CVE-2024-8996 (GCVE-0-2024-8996)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-25 16:45 – Updated: 2024-09-26 16:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Grafana Agent Flow on Windows Unquoted service path
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
Severity
7.3 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-25 17:38 UTC
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafana | Agent Flow |
Affected:
0 , < 0.43.2
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| grafana | agent_flow_windows |
Affected:
0 , < 0.43.2
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:agent_flow_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2024-09-25 13:40
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