Elastic Agent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

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  "id": "14fe95c3e33c5e64b5e64ed07d9fb1f1764bfc8bf0299d09beb870a055b854cb",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52976",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Elastic Agent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-52976",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0ab98c58e4e518a22e47047e4fb2c96322b3f107"
                }
              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "8.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "8.15.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v8.15.3",
            "v8.15.2",
            "v8.15.1",
            "v8.15.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-52976.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:52.659346315Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-7-17-25-and-8-15-4-security-update-esa-2024-39/377708",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/52xxx/CVE-2024-52976.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52976"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-829"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "elastic",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.17.24"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.15.3"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/52xxx/CVE-2024-52976.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-52976",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 521478,
  "published_at": "2025-05-01T13:03:58.672+00:00"
}