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FKIE_CVE-2024-8975

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-09-25 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:23
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in Grafana Alloy on Windows allows Privilege Escalation from Local User to SYSTEM This issue affects Alloy: before 1.3.3, from 1.4.0-rc.0 through 1.4.0-rc.1.
References
security@grafana.comhttps://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.3.4Release Notes
security@grafana.comhttps://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.4.1Release Notes
security@grafana.comhttps://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/Vendor Advisory
security@grafana.comhttps://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8975/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
grafana alloy *
grafana alloy 1.4.0
grafana alloy 1.4.0
microsoft windows -
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