Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2023 · Assigned by Splunk
CVE-2023-40598Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups
High 8.5
In plain English
A high-severity command injection in Splunk Cloud from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The attacker can use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, a user can execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 8.2 – before 8.2.129.0 – before 9.0.69.1 – before 9.1.1 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud | - – before 9.0.2305.200 |
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H