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CVE-2024-8996: Grafana Agent Flow on Windows Unquoted service path

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-428

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 products

• Grafana Agent Flow: before 0.43.2 — fixed in 0.43.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Grafana Agent Flow 0.43.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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