CVE-2024-36983: splunk Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-36983 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Command Injection vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 01-07-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 28-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')The product 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.