CVE-2024-36983

Command Injection using External Lookups

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: July 1, 2024 at 04:30 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:37 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorSplunkSplunk Cloud Platform

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1.0%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.109 and 9.1.2308.207, an authenticated user could create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The authenticated user could use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, the user could execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.

Affected

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

Splunk · Splunk

95%

9.0 ≤ v < 9.0.109.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.109.1 ≤ v < 9.1.59.1.0 ≤ v < 9.1.59.2 ≤ v < 9.2.29.2.0 ≤ v < 9.2.29.0 9.1 9.2

Affected range stops below 9.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk

95%

9.1.2308 ≤ v < 9.1.2308.2079.1.2312 ≤ v < 9.1.2312.1099.1.2308 9.1.2312

Affected range stops below 9.1.2308.207, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.1.2312.109, 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

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0703

References (2)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0703

Tool Signature

Source: [email protected]

https://research.splunk.com/application/1cf58ae1-9177-40b8-a26c-8966040f11ae/

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: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-77

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