CVE-2026-78604 | BDVDB-2026-367367 Detail

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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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1. Version 12026-09-02Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22026-09-03Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.