CVE-2024-36985 Code injection in Splunk Enterprise
A low-privileged user can achieve remote code execution in Splunk Enterprise via an external lookup referencing the splunk_archiver application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-36985?
CVE-2024-36985 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 1 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-687
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36985?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Splunk Splunk.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36985?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2024-36985 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-36985 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9mv-48mg-vv6w.