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CVE-2024-36984: splunk Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 01-07-2024Last modified 28-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-36984 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

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 on Windows, an authenticated user could execute a specially crafted query that they could then use to serialize untrusted data. The attacker could use the query to execute arbitrary code.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.41% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Splunk2 products
  • splunk≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.10 | ≥ 9.1.0, < 9.1.5 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.2
  • splunk enterprise≥ 9.2, < 9.2.2 | ≥ 9.1, < 9.1.5 | ≥ 9.0, < 9.0.10

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links