CVE-2024-36995 Low-privileged user could create experimental items
Low-privileged users can create experimental items in Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-36995?
CVE-2024-36995 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 1 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.200 and 9.1.2308.207, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could create experimental items.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36995?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36995?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36995 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-36995 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36995 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-gw8p-7jqv-5v6x.