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CVE-2023-40597

Absolute Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise Using runshellscript.py

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 30, 2023 at 04:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSplunkSplunk Cloud Platform

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.

Affected

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

Splunk· Splunk
95%
v < 9.0.2305.2008.2 ≤ v < 8.2.128.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.129.0 ≤ v < 9.0.69.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.69.1 ≤ v < 9.1.18.29.09.19.1.0
Affected range stops below 8.2.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0.2305.200, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Splunk Cloud Platform· Splunk
95%
v ≤ 9.0.2305.100

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-2023-0806
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://research.splunk.com/application/356bd3fe-f59b-4f64-baa1-51495411b7ad/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-36CWE-22

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