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CVE-2024-35177

Improper Access Control in wazuh-agent

7.8 HighFix available

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

0.26%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used7.8

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 HighCVSS: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-2024-355657.8

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 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
NVD7.8

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 HighCVSS: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
OSV7.8

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 HighCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/wazuh/wazuh
Go
3.0.0+incompatible up to 4.9.0+incompatible
4.9.0+incompatible
govulncheck-vulndb
SUSE: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-vulndb
openSUSE: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-vulndb
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 0.0.20250204T220613-1.1
0.0.20250204T220613-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

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