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

> Local attackers can execute arbitrary code in Elastic Agent by injecting parameters into the osqueryd subprocess configuration.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 1 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4xp6-cpfv-9qq6

## What is CVE-2024-52976?

CVE-2024-52976 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Elastic Agent, published on 1 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-829 (Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52976?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elastic Elastic Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52976?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52976 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52976 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Agent

- [CVE-2026-78604](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78604/): Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Elastic Agent Leading to Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-6687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6687/): Elastic Agent Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-37283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37283/): Elastic Agent Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-46669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46669/): Elastic Agent / Elastic Endpoint Security local API key disclosure (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52976 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52976 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Elastic Agent, published on 1 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Elastic Agent. 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-2024-52976/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52976/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52976
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52976
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52976

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52976/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.