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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-52976 · published 1 May 2025

CVE-2024-52976: Elastic agent inclusion from untrusted sphere vulnerability

Elastic · Elastic Agent

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.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.20% · top 90.7% CWE-829 · Inclusion from untrusted sphere
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.20%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-7-17-25-and-8-15-4-security-update-esa-2024-39/377708 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-52976), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.