Vulnerability · Published Jul 1, 2024 · Assigned by Splunk

CVE-2024-36983Command Injection using External Lookups

High 8.0

In plain English

A high-severity command injection in Splunk Cloud Platform from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.109 and 9.1.2308.207, an authenticated user could create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The authenticated user could use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, the user could execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.2 – before 9.2.29.1 – before 9.1.59.0 – before 9.0.10
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2312 – before 9.1.2312.1099.1.2308 – before 9.1.2308.207

Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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