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CVE-2026-78604General(elastic / elastic_agent)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

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Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-732

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • elastic_agent

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
elastic
Products
elastic_agent

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-09-10: 109-10
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • Cybersecurity News DE@cybsecuritynews
    General

    #endpointsecurity Elastic Agent: Lokale Rechteausweitung unter Windows über CVE-2026-78604 #capec642 #cve202678604 #cwe732 #elastic #elasticagent #windows https://cybersecurity-news.de/elastic-agent-cve-2026-78604-lokale-rechteausweitung-windows

    Post summary

    The tweet merely points to an external article about a local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-78604) on Windows, providing no in‑depth technical, exploit, or mitigation details.

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