# CVE-2024-32019: ndsudo: local privilege escalation via untrusted search path

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 12 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.45.3, 1.45.0-169
- Published: 2024-04-12 · Updated: 2024-09-06

## Affected

- netdata: from 1.45.0, fixed in 1.45.3; from 1.44.0-60, fixed in 1.45.0-169

## Description

Netdata is an open source observability tool. In affected versions the `ndsudo` tool shipped with affected versions of the Netdata Agent allows an attacker to run arbitrary programs with root permissions. The `ndsudo` tool is packaged as a `root`-owned executable with the SUID bit set. It only runs a restricted set of external commands, but its search paths are supplied by the `PATH` environment variable. This allows an attacker to control where `ndsudo` looks for these commands, which may be a path the attacker has write access to. This may lead to local privilege escalation. This vulnerability has been addressed in versions 1.45.3 and 1.45.2-169. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on netdata, upgrade to a fixed version (1.45.3, 1.45.0-169) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/security/advisories/GHSA-pmhq-4cxq-wj93
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17377
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/ndsudo_cve_2024_32019.rb
- https://github.com/80Ottanta80/CVE-2024-32019-PoC
- https://github.com/AliElKhatteb/CVE-2024-32019-POC
- https://github.com/AzureADTrent/CVE-2024-32019-POC
- https://github.com/C0deInBlack/CVE-2024-32019-poc
- https://github.com/T1erno/CVE-2024-32019-Netdata-ndsudo-Privilege-Escalation-PoC
- https://github.com/ayub0x7/cve-2024-32019-PoC
- https://github.com/dollarboysushil/CVE-2024-32019-Netdata-ndsudo-PATH-Vulnerability-Privilege-Escalation
- https://github.com/hexared/CVE-2024-32019_poc
- https://github.com/juanbelin/CVE-2024-32019-POC
- https://github.com/julichaan/CVE-2024-32019-ndsudo-local-privilege-escalation-NetData
- https://github.com/justjoeyking/CVE-2024-32019-ndsudo
- https://github.com/x0da6h/POC-for-CVE-2024-32019

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