CVE-2024-29989 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Azure Monitor Agent to escalate privileges on the host system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-29989?
CVE-2024-29989 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Monitor, published on 9 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29989?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Monitor Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2024-29989?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29989 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-29989 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29989 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Monitor
- CVE-2025-62550 Azure Monitor Agent Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-32204 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-32168 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-32192 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-59494 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-73j4-6xvf-jv3h.