CVE-2024-45736: splunk Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-45736 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 14-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 28-02-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.107, 9.1.2312.204, and 9.1.2312.111, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a search query with an improperly formatted "INGEST_EVAL" parameter as part of a [Field Transformation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Knowledge/Managefieldtransforms) which could crash the Splunk daemon (splunkd).
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
0.54%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
44%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.54% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Splunk3 products
- splunkEOL≥ 9.1.0, < 9.1.6 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.3 | 9.3.0
- splunk_cloud_platform≥ 9.2.2403, < 9.2.2403.107 | ≥ 9.1.2312, < 9.1.2312.204 | ≥ 9.1.2312, < 9.1.2312.111 | ≥ 9.1.2312.200, < 9.1.2312.204 | ≥ 9.2.2403.100, < 9.2.2403.107
- splunk enterprise≥ 9.3, < 9.3.1 | ≥ 9.2, < 9.2.3 | ≥ 9.1, < 9.1.6
1 vendor · 3 products
References
2 links- advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1006Vendor Advisory