CVE-2024-35177
Improper Access Control in wazuh-agent
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments. The wazuh-agent for Windows is vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability due to improper ACL of the non-default installation directory. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by placing one of the many DLL that are loaded and not present on the system in the installation folder of the agent OR by replacing the service executable binary itself with a malicious one. The root cause is an improper ACL applied on the installation folder when a non-default installation path is specified (e.g,: C:\wazuh). Many DLLs are loaded from the installation folder and by creating a malicious DLLs that exports the functions of a legit one (and that is not found on the system where the agent is installed, such as rsync.dll) it is possible to escalate privileges from a low-privileged user and obtain code execution under the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This issue has been addressed in version 4.9.0 and all 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 7.8
Improper Access Control in wazuh-agent
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments. The wazuh-agent for Windows is vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability due to improper ACL of the non-default installation directory. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by placing one of the many DLL that are loaded and not present on the system in the installation folder of the agent OR by replacing the service executable binary itself with a malicious one. The root cause is an improper ACL applied on the installation folder when a non-default installation path is specified (e.g,: C:\wazuh). Many DLLs are loaded from the installation folder and by creating a malicious DLLs that exports the functions of a legit one (and that is not found on the system where the agent is installed, such as rsync.dll) it is possible to escalate privileges from a low-privileged user and obtain code execution under the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This issue has been addressed in version 4.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-35177- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-35565 7.8
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments. The wazuh-agent for Windows is vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability due to improper ACL of the non-default installation directory. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by placing one of the many DLL that are loaded and not present on the system in the installation folder of the agent OR by replacing the service executable binary itself with a malicious one. The root cause is an improper ACL applied on the installation folder when a non-default installation path is specified (e.g,: C:\wazuh). Many DLLs are loaded from the installation folder and by creating a malicious DLLs that exports the functions of a legit one (and that is not found on the system where the agent is installed, such as rsync.dll) it is possible to escalate privileges from a low-privileged user and obtain code execution under the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This issue has been addressed in version 4.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2024-35565- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD 7.8
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments. The wazuh-agent for Windows is vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability due to improper ACL of the non-default installation directory. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by placing one of the many DLL that are loaded and not present on the system in the installation folder of the agent OR by replacing the service executable binary itself with a malicious one. The root cause is an improper ACL applied on the installation folder when a non-default installation path is specified (e.g,: C:\wazuh). Many DLLs are loaded from the installation folder and by creating a malicious DLLs that exports the functions of a legit one (and that is not found on the system where the agent is installed, such as rsync.dll) it is possible to escalate privileges from a low-privileged user and obtain code execution under the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This issue has been addressed in version 4.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-35177- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV 7.8
Improper Access Control in wazuh-agent
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments. The wazuh-agent for Windows is vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability due to improper ACL of the non-default installation directory. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by placing one of the many DLL that are loaded and not present on the system in the installation folder of the agent OR by replacing the service executable binary itself with a malicious one. The root cause is an improper ACL applied on the installation folder when a non-default installation path is specified (e.g,: C:\wazuh). Many DLLs are loaded from the installation folder and by creating a malicious DLLs that exports the functions of a legit one (and that is not found on the system where the agent is installed, such as rsync.dll) it is possible to escalate privileges from a low-privileged user and obtain code execution under the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This issue has been addressed in version 4.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-35177- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3444No score
Improper Access Control in wazuh-agent in github.com/wazuh/wazuh
Improper Access Control in wazuh-agent in github.com/wazuh/wazuh
- Record
GO-2025-3444- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14732-1No score
govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250204T220613-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250204T220613-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14732-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:0429-1No score
Security update for govulncheck-vulndb
This update for govulncheck-vulndb fixes the following issues:
Update to version 0.0.20250207T224745 2025-02-07T22:47:45Z. Refs jsc#PED-11136 Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
- GO-2025-3456 CVE-2025-24786 GHSA-9r4c-jwx3-3j76
- GO-2025-3457 CVE-2025-24787 GHSA-c7w4-9wv8-7x7c
- GO-2025-3458 CVE-2025-24366 GHSA-vj7w-3m8c-6vpx
Update to version 0.0.20250206T175003 2025-02-06T17:50:03Z. Refs jsc#PED-11136 Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
- GO-2023-1867 CVE-2022-47930 GHSA-c58h-qv6g-fw74
- GO-2024-3244 CVE-2024-50354 GHSA-cph5-3pgr-c82g
Update to version 0.0.20250206T165438 2025-02-06T16:54:38Z. Refs jsc#PED-11136 Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
- GO-2025-3428 CVE-2025-22867
- GO-2025-3447 CVE-2025-22866
Update to version 0.0.20250205T232745 2025-02-05T23:27:45Z. Refs jsc#PED-11136 Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
- GO-2025-3408
- GO-2025-3448 GHSA-23qp-3c2m-xx6w
- GO-2025-3449 GHSA-mx2j-7cmv-353c
- GO-2025-3450 GHSA-w7wm-2425-7p2h
- GO-2025-3454 GHSA-mj4v-hp69-27x5
- GO-2025-3455 GHSA-vqv5-385r-2hf8
Update to version 0.0.20250205T003520 2025-02-05T00:35:20Z. Refs jsc#PED-11136 Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
- GO-2025-3451
Update to version 0.0.20250204T220613 2025-02-04T22:06:13Z. Refs jsc#PED-11136 Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
- GO-2025-3431 CVE-2025-24884 GHSA-hcr5-wv4p-h2g2
- GO-2025-3433 CVE-2025-23216 GHSA-47g2-qmh2-749v
- GO-2025-3434 CVE-2025-24376 GHSA-fc89-jghx-8pvg
- GO-2025-3435 CVE-2025-24784 GHSA-756x-m4mj-q96c
- GO-2025-3436 CVE-2025-24883 GHSA-q26p-9cq4-7fc2
- GO-2025-3437 GHSA-274v-mgcv-cm8j
- GO-2025-3438 CVE-2024-11741 GHSA-wxcc-2f3q-4h58
- GO-2025-3442 CVE-2025-24371 GHSA-22qq-3xwm-r5x4
- GO-2025-3443 GHSA-r3r4-g7hq-pq4f
- GO-2025-3444 CVE-2024-35177
- GO-2025-3445 CVE-2024-47770
Use standard RPM macros to unpack the source and populate a working directory. Fixes build with RPM 4.20.
Update to version 0.0.20250130T185858 2025-01-30T18:58:58Z. Refs jsc#PED-11136 Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
- GO-2024-2842 CVE-2024-3727 GHSA-6wvf-f2vw-3425
- GO-2024-3181 CVE-2024-9313 GHSA-x5q3-c8rm-w787
- GO-2024-3188 CVE-2024-9312 GHSA-4gfw-wf7c-w6g2
- GO-2025-3372 CVE-2024-45339 GHSA-6wxm-mpqj-6jpf
- GO-2025-3373 CVE-2024-45341
- GO-2025-3383 CVE-2024-45340
- GO-2025-3408
- GO-2025-3412 CVE-2024-10846 GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9
- GO-2025-3420 CVE-2024-45336
- GO-2025-3421 CVE-2025-22865
- GO-2025-3424 CVE-2025-24369
- GO-2025-3426 CVE-2025-0750 GHSA-hp5j-2585-qx6g
- GO-2025-3427 CVE-2024-13484 GHSA-58fx-7v9q-3g56
- Record
SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/wazuh/wazuhGo | 3.0.0+incompatible up to 4.9.0+incompatible | 4.9.0+incompatible |
govulncheck-vulndbSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 From an advisory covering 28 CVEs | before 0.0.20250207T224745-150000.1.32.1 | 0.0.20250207T224745-150000.1.32.1 |
govulncheck-vulndbopenSUSE:Leap 15.6 From an advisory covering 28 CVEs | before 0.0.20250207T224745-150000.1.32.1 | 0.0.20250207T224745-150000.1.32.1 |
govulncheck-vulndbopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 9 CVEs | before 0.0.20250204T220613-1.1 | 0.0.20250204T220613-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-35177 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Wazuh, published February 3, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 18th percentile. Fixed in github.com/wazuh/wazuh 4.9.0+incompatible.
References
github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-pmr2-2r83-h3cv
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/35xxx/CVE-2024-35177.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35177
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250429-1
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-47930
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-10846
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