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CVE-2024-8975: Grafana Alloy on Windows has Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability

September 25, 2024 (updated October 9, 2024)

Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in Grafana Alloy on Windows allows Privilege Escalation from Local User to SYSTEM. This issue affects Alloy: before 1.3.4, from 1.4.0-rc.0 and prior to 1.4.1.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-chqx-36rm-rf8h
  • github.com/grafana/alloy
  • github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/88e779887690954c009503598a3f4bf563cb6596
  • github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/f14249012fd970d3fd73604e6fff9b6c7990a9bb
  • github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.3.4
  • github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.4.0
  • github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.4.1
  • 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
  • grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8975
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8975
  • pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3168

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.3.4, all versions starting from 1.4.0-rc.0 before 1.4.1

Fixed versions

  • 1.3.4
  • 1.4.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.3.4, 1.4.1 or above.

Impact 7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element

Source file

go/github.com/grafana/alloy/CVE-2024-8975.yml

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