CVE-2024-8996

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

7 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

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

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1.noarch as component of openSUSE Leap 15.5suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1.noarch as component of openSUSE Leap 15.6suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241104T154416-5.1.noarch as component of SUSE Package Hub 12suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.3highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@grafana.comexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · SUSE Product Security

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-428USprimaryCWE-428USCWE-428US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Grafana Agent Flow <0.43.3all versionscert_bundDE
Grafana Grafana≤ Agent Flow <0.43.3cert_bundDE
Grafana Agent Flow0 → 0.43.2enisa_euvdEU
Grafana Labs Grafana Agent≤ 0.43.2fstec_bduRU
grafana agent< 0.43.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:grafana:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/grafana/agent< 0.43.3osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/grafana/agent

advisories (5)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1Security update for govulncheck-vulndb2024-11-05csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for govulncheck-vulndb
WID-SEC-W-2024-3059Grafana: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2024-10-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Grafana ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1Security update for govulncheck-vulndb2024-11-05csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for govulncheck-vulndb
GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows has Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability2024-09-25ghsa · osvUS
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 0.43.3.
GO-2024-3170Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows has Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in github.com/grafana/agent2024-10-09vendor · osvUS
Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows has Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in github.com/grafana/agent

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd suse_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-09-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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