CVE-2024-36985: splunk
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-36985 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 6.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 01-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 28-02-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could cause a Remote Code Execution through an external lookup that references the “splunk_archiver“ application.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
6.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.46% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundAuthenticated RCE in Splunk (splunk_archiver app)
exploit/linux/http/splunk_auth_rce_cve_2024_36985
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected 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- advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0705Vendor Advisory