# CVE-2024-50591: Local Privilege Escalation via Command Injection

> Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM via command injection in the Elefant Update Service using named pipes.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hggh-f6m4-4c3w

## What is CVE-2024-50591?

CVE-2024-50591 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in HASOMED Elefant Software Updater, published on 8 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An attacker with local access the to medical office computer can 
escalate his Windows user privileges to "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" by 
exploiting a command injection vulnerability in the Elefant Update 
Service. The command injection can be exploited by communicating with 
the Elefant Update Service which is running as "SYSTEM" via Windows 
Named Pipes.The Elefant Software Updater (ESU) consists of two components. An ESU
 service which runs as "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" and an ESU tray client 
which communicates with the service to update or repair the installation
 and is running with user permissions. The communication is implemented 
using named pipes. A crafted message of type 
"MessageType.SupportServiceInfos" can be sent to the local ESU service 
to inject commands, which are then executed as "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM".

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50591?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-50591?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-50591 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-50591 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-50591 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50591 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50591 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in HASOMED Elefant Software Updater, published on 8 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-50591 exists.

Affected product: HASOMED Elefant Software Updater. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50591/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50591/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50591
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50591
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50591

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50591/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.