# Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows has Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in github.com/grafana/agent

Advisory record · `GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4` · `CVE-2024-8996` · `GO-2024-3170`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.3 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-428](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/428.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-428](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-428.md)
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Mar 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 9 Oct 2024, 20:29 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `github.com/grafana/agent` (Go): affected `<0.43.3`; fixed in `0.43.3`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.3 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (GRAFANA)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0026, the 18th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 9 Oct 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4)
- [OSV: GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4)
- <https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8996>
- <https://github.com/grafana/agent/commit/91bab2c05906938d3f8e1e3c61a863f037985299>
- <https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.2>
- <https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3>
- <https://grafana.com/blog/2024/09/25/grafana-alloy-and-grafana-agent-flow-security-release-high-severity-fix-for-cve-2024-8975-and-cve-2024-8996>
- <https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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The web page: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4/>. Everything for agents: <https://agentprime.io/llms.txt>.