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CVE-2023-32714

Path Traversal in Splunk App for Lookup File Editing

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 1, 2023 at 04:34 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSplunkSplunk App for Lookup File Editing

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 43%

Description

In the Splunk App for Lookup File Editing versions below 4.0.1, a low-privileged user can, with a specially crafted web request, trigger a path traversal exploit that can then be used to read and write to restricted areas of the Splunk installation directory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Splunk· Splunk
95%
8.1.0 ≤ v < 8.1.148.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.119.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.5
Affected range stops below 8.1.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Splunk App for Lookup File Editing· Splunk
95%
v < 4.0.14.0 ≤ v < 4.0.14.0
Affected range stops below 4.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0608
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://research.splunk.com/application/8ed58987-738d-4917-9e44-b8ef6ab948a6/

CVSS

8.1HIGHSplunk
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-35CWE-22

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