{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-36991 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36991 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-36991 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 1 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-36991 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-36991 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 1 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-36991 exists.\n\nAffected product: Splunk Splunk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36991/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36991/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-36991","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36991/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-36991","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-fg59-j242-rcj9"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Splunk Enterprise","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can perform path traversal on the messaging endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows, potentially accessing or modifying files.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Splunk","cpe":[{"product":"splunk","vendor":"splunk"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"},{"id":"CWE-35","name":"Path Traversal: '.../...//'"}],"description":"In Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, an attacker could perform a path traversal on the /modules/messaging/ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows. This vulnerability should only affect Splunk Enterprise on Windows.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2024-07-06","github_poc":10,"max_poc_stars":126,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2024-07-06T00:49:40Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/bigb0x/CVE-2024-36991","stars":126,"title":"POC for CVE-2024-36991: This exploit will attempt to read Splunk /etc/passwd file."},{"date":"2024-07-06T01:00:57Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Mr-xn/CVE-2024-36991","stars":9,"title":"Path Traversal On The \"/Modules/Messaging/\" Endpoint In Splunk Enterprise On Windows"},{"date":"2025-03-30T14:50:21Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/jaytiwari05/CVE-2024-36991","stars":9,"title":"Critical Splunk Vulnerability CVE-2024-36991: Patch Now to Prevent Arbitrary File Reads"},{"date":"2025-03-31T04:24:18Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/gunzf0x/CVE-2024-36991","stars":4,"title":"Proof of Concept for CVE-2024-36991. Path traversal for Splunk versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 for Windows which allows arbitrary file read."},{"date":"2024-07-10T09:42:08Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2024-36991","stars":3,"title":"Path traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 that allows reading sensitive files."},{"date":"2025-07-06T03:50:13Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/0xFZin/CVE-2024-36991","stars":3,"title":"Exploit for CVE-2024-36991 , written by me, enumerates a handfull of things, not all, cause not needed."},{"date":"2024-07-06T15:24:24Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/th3gokul/CVE-2024-36991","stars":2,"title":"CVE-2024-36991: Path traversal that affects Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10."},{"date":"2025-03-30T21:11:37Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/TheStingR/CVE-2024-36991-Tool","stars":2,"title":"This binary POC automates the exploitation of CVE-2024-36991 by sending crafted curl requests to a vulnerable Splunk instance. It retrieves sensitive files and saves them locally for further analysis. The script is modular, allowing users to target specific file categories (e.g., credentials, logs, configurations)."}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path Traversal on the “/modules/messaging/“ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows","id":"CVE-2024-36991","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"splunk:splunk","products":["splunk:splunk"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Dashboard Elements","id":"CVE-2024-36992"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of Service (DoS) on the datamodel/web REST endpoint","id":"CVE-2024-36990"},"products":["Splunk Enterprise"],"published":"2024-07-01","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Splunk Enterprise Missing Authentication for Critical Function","id":"CVE-2026-20253","kev_date_added":"2026-06-18","published":"2026-06-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Missing Authentication for Critical Function in the Patroni REST API in Splunk Enterprise","id":"CVE-2026-76268","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-10-07"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Improper Neutralization in Splunk Enterprise","id":"CVE-2026-76284","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-10-07"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Improper Adherence to Coding Standards in Splunk Enterprise","id":"CVE-2026-76285","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-10-07"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-17067","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-10126","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-01-10"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"Improper Access Control through Embedded Report REST API Requests in Splunk Enterprise","id":"CVE-2026-76310","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-02-28","vendors":["Splunk"]},"summary":"An attacker can perform path traversal on the messaging endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows, potentially accessing or modifying files.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36991/"}