CVE-2024-32019
ndsudo: local privilege escalation via untrusted search path
CVE-2024-32019 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Netdata, published April 12, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
ndsudo: local privilege escalation via untrusted search path
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-32019- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-29857
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.
- Record
EUVD-2024-29857- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-32019- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
ndsudo: local privilege escalation via untrusted search path
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-32019- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | Netdata ndsudo privilege escalation | 2024-04-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | 80Ottanta80/CVE-2024-32019-PoC | 2025-11-01 |
| PoC in GitHub | AliElKhatteb/CVE-2024-32019-POC | 2025-08-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | AzureADTrent/CVE-2024-32019-POC | 2025-08-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | C0deInBlack/CVE-2024-32019-poc | 2025-08-06 |
| PoC in GitHub | T1erno/CVE-2024-32019-Netdata-ndsudo-Privilege-Escalation-PoC | 2025-09-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | ayub0x7/cve-2024-32019-PoC | 2025-08-16 |
| PoC in GitHub | dollarboysushil/CVE-2024-32019-Netdata-ndsudo-PATH-Vulnerability-Privilege-Escalation | 2025-08-05 |
| PoC in GitHub | hexared/CVE-2024-32019_poc | 2025-09-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | juanbelin/CVE-2024-32019-POC | 2025-08-05 |
| PoC in GitHub | julichaan/CVE-2024-32019-ndsudo-local-privilege-escalation-NetData | 2025-11-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | justjoeyking/CVE-2024-32019-ndsudo | 2025-12-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | x0da6h/POC-for-CVE-2024-32019 | 2025-08-25 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases, published | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, Metasploit, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |