CVE-2024-8996

Published: Sep 25, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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

Affected (1)

Products: Grafana: Agent

Grafana

1 product

Agent

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Grafana Agent	Before 0.43.2

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-428

Unquoted Search Path or Element

The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.

References (3)

https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3

Source: security@grafana.com

Release Notes

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/

Source: security@grafana.com

Vendor Advisory

https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996/

Source: security@grafana.com

Vendor Advisory

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