# CVE-2024-52976: Elastic Agent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

> CVE-2024-52976: Elastic Agent Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS 4.4 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-52976
Last updated: 2026-06-17T08:07:57Z

- Published: 2025-05-01 13:03 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 08:07 UTC · Assigner: elastic
- CVSS: 4.4 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.20%, 10th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-829

## 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.

## Affected vendors and products

- Elastic: Elastic Agent

## Tracked companies

- [Elastic Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/elastic-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52976)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52976)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-7-17-25-and-8-15-4-security-update-esa-2024-39/377708](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-7-17-25-and-8-15-4-security-update-esa-2024-39/377708)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-52976 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-52976.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-52976 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:14.303Z