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High severity · published May 1, 2025
CVE-2024-52976
Elastic Agent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Inclusion of functionality from an untrusted control sphere in Elastic Agent subprocess, osqueryd, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via parameter injection. An attacker requires local access and the ability to modify osqueryd configurations.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EA
Elastic Agent · Elastic
7.0.0 through 7.17.24; 8.0.0 through 8.15.3 · source: vendor, NVD
Affected product
EA
Elastic Agent
Elastic
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52976
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52976
Patch
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-7-17-25-and-8-15-4-security-update-esa-2024-39/377708
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