Description
A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious plugin to an application running the APM Java agent. By using this vulnerability, an attacker could execute code at a potentially higher level of permissions than their user typically has access to.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic APM Java Agent | 1.18.0 – < 1.27.0 | 1.27.0 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | co.elastic.apm:apm-agent-parent | >= 1.18.0, < 1.27.1 | 1.27.1 | GHSA-5xqm-hc45-f2g2 |
| Maven | co.elastic.apm:elastic-apm-agent | >= 1.18.0, < 1.27.1 | 1.27.1 | GHSA-5xqm-hc45-f2g2 |