GHSA-5xqm-hc45-f2g2

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    GHSA-5xqm-hc45-f2g2

    Published: 22 Nov 2023Last Modified: 30 Sept 2025

    Summary: APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation issue

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37942, https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355, https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java, https://www.elastic.co/community/security

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: co.elastic.apm:apm-agent-parent

    Purl: pkg:maven/co.elastic.apm/apm-agent-parent

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.18.0
    Fixed -1.27.1

    Affected versions

    1.18.0
    1.18.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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