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CVE-2024-8996

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-8996 describes an unquoted search path vulnerability in Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows, affecting versions prior to 0.43.2. This flaw allows a local user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.43.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/grafana/agentFixed in: 0.43.3
nodejspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
apollographqlvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
View patch
chainsafevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
View patch
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
View patch
kenticovendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
View patch
zimbravendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
View patch

Vendor Advisories (7)

goGHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4medium

Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows has Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability

Sep 25, 2024
zimbrallm-zimbra-915d0fcdbb0d84f6HIGH

Privilege Escalation in Service Path in Grafana Agent

Sep 25, 2024
kenticollm-kentico-644f7888099797d7HIGH

Privilege Escalation in Service Path in Grafana Agent

Sep 25, 2024
chainsafellm-chainsafe-cd37781cf568c787HIGH

Privilege Escalation in Service Path in Grafana Agent

Sep 25, 2024
apollographqlllm-apollographql-de8f4cdd52a0104aHIGH

Privilege Escalation in Service Path in Grafana Agent

Sep 25, 2024
jenkinsllm-jenkins-9f60fc5b5f138390HIGH

Privilege Escalation in Service Path in Grafana Agent

Sep 25, 2024
nodejsllm-nodejs-287e42e52314d640HIGH

Privilege Escalation in Service Path in Grafana Agent

Sep 25, 2024

References

github.com / grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3
Release Notes
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
grafana.com / security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996
Vendor Advisory