CVE-2024-8996: Grafana Agent Flow on Windows Unquoted service path
First published: Wed Sep 25 2024(Updated: )
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
Credit: security@grafana.com security@grafana.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| Grafana Agent | <0.43.2 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| go/github.com/grafana/agent | <0.43.3 | 0.43.3 |
Remedy
Uninstall Agent Flow, and then perform a clean install with version either 0.43.3 or a higher version
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Reference Links
- https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996/
- 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/
- https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8996
- https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.2
- 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
- https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996
- https://github.com/grafana/agent/commit/91bab2c05906938d3f8e1e3c61a863f037985299
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3170
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4 (Advisory)
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