CVE-2024-36990: splunk Infinite Loop
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-36990 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.7% 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 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.100, an authenticated, low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could send a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the datamodel/web REST endpoint in Splunk Enterprise, potentially causing a denial of service.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.69%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
52%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.69% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (research.splunk.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Splunk3 products
- splunk≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.10 | ≥ 9.1.0, < 9.1.5 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.2
- splunk_cloud_platform≥ 9.1.2312, < 9.1.2312.202 | ≥ 9.1.2312, < 9.1.2312.109 | ≥ 9.1.2308, < 9.1.2308.209 | ≥ 9.1.2312.100, < 9.1.2312.109 | ≥ 9.1.2312.200, < 9.1.2312.202
- splunk enterprise≥ 9.2, < 9.2.2 | ≥ 9.1, < 9.1.5 | ≥ 9.0, < 9.0.10
1 vendor · 3 products
References
2 links- advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0710Vendor Advisory