CVE-2026-78604
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Elastic Agent Leading to Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-732 |
| Vendor | elastic |
| Product | elastic agent |
| Published | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Sep 3, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Elastic / Elastic Agent
8.0.0 ≤ 8.19.20 9.0.0 ≤ 9.4.5 9.5.0 ≤ 9.5.1