Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2024-52976Elastic Agent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Elastic Agent from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic Agent | 7.0.0 – through 7.17.248.0.0 – through 8.15.3 |
Weakness: CWE-829 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N