What is CVE-2024-8996?

CVE-2024-8996 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grafana Agent, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-8996?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8996 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Grafana Agent

CVE-2024-8996

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

Published 2024-09-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996/ (Vendor Advisory)
grafana.com/blog/2024/09/25/grafana-alloy-and-grafana-agent-flow-security-relea… (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8996?: CVE-2024-8996 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grafana Agent, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-8996?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8996 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.