Grafana Alloy on Windows Unquoted service path

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8975",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Grafana Alloy on Windows Unquoted service path",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-8975",
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    "severity": "high",
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        "GO-2024-3168"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:52.636630001Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.3.4",
        "https://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.4.1",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8975.json",
        "https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8975/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8975",
        "https://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/"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 521162,
  "published_at": "2024-09-25T16:42:09.998+00:00"
}