CVE-2024-36990 Denial of Service (DoS) on the datamodel/web REST endpoint
An authenticated low-privileged user can cause a denial of service in Splunk Enterprise by sending a crafted HTTP POST request to the datamodel/web REST endpoint.
- 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-2024-36990?
CVE-2024-36990 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36990?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-36990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-m336-g88r-274q.