Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Elastic Agent Leading to Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM (Elastic Elastic Agent)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- elastic
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732) in Elastic Agent can lead to local privilege escalation via Replace Binaries (CAPEC-642). On Windows systems where Elastic Agent is installed in unprivileged mode, resources used by the agent service are created with access controls broader than required. A local user could take advantage of this to cause the service to execute code of their choosing, ultimately obtaining SYSTEM-level privileges on the host.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | elastic |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · security@elastic.co (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-70057
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-78604
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1107 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Elastic · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.0.0 < 8.19.21cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.0.0 < 9.4.6cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.5.0 < 9.5.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Elastic · Elastic Agent | affected 8.0.0 ≤ 8.19.20 ; affected 9.0.0 ≤ 9.4.5 ; affected 9.5.0 ≤ 9.5.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |