{"cve":"CVE-2024-8996","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-25T17:15:19.567","modified":"2026-06-17T08:23:45.420","status":"Analyzed","description":"Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation from Local User to SYSTEM\nThis issue affects Agent Flow: before 0.43.2","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-428"],"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/"],"products":["grafana:agent"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-8996","score":0.00264,"percentile":0.18375,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4","summary":"Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows has Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability","modified":"2024-10-09T22:12:28Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/grafana/agent","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/grafana/agent","ranges":["<0.43.3"],"fixed":["0.43.3"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-3170","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-3170","summary":"Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows has Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in github.com/grafana/agent","modified":"2026-03-03T04:55:50.271425Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/grafana/agent","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/grafana/agent","ranges":["<0.43.3"],"fixed":["0.43.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}