CVE-2026-78604
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78604
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-78604.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-78604
- Downstream
- Published
- 2026-09-02T14:43:11Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-07T11:45:14Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Elastic Agent Leading to Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM
- Details
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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.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "elastic", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-732" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78604.json", "unresolved_ranges": [ { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "8.0.0" }, { "last_affected": "8.19.20" }, { "introduced": "9.0.0" }, { "last_affected": "9.4.5" }, { "introduced": "9.5.0" }, { "last_affected": "9.5.1" } ], "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD" } ] }- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/elastic/elastic-agent
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixed
- Database specific
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{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "8.0.0" }, { "fixed": "8.19.21" }, { "introduced": "9.0.0" }, { "fixed": "9.4.6" }, { "introduced": "9.5.0" }, { "fixed": "9.5.2" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE" }