CVE-2024-36983

Command Injection using External Lookups

State: Published
Severity: 8.0 High
Published: Jul 1, 2024
Updated: Feb 28, 2025
Reserved: May 30, 2024

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.0 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	Splunk

Weaknesses

CWE-77 The software constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk	9.2 to before 9.2.2Affected 9.1 to before 9.1.5Affected 9.0 to before 9.0.10Affected
Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk	9.1.2312 to before 9.1.2312.109Affected 9.1.2308 to before 9.1.2308.207Affected

References

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