CVE-2024-45736

Improperly Formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ Parameter Crashes Splunk Daemon

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: October 14, 2024 at 05:03 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:54 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorSplunkSplunk Cloud Platform

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

SSVC

PoC

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.107, 9.1.2312.204, and 9.1.2312.111, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a search query with an improperly formatted "INGEST_EVAL" parameter as part of a [Field Transformation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Knowledge/Managefieldtransforms) which could crash the Splunk daemon (splunkd).

Affected

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

Splunk · Splunk

95%

9.1 ≤ v < 9.1.69.1.0 ≤ v < 9.1.69.2 ≤ v < 9.2.39.2.0 ≤ v < 9.2.39.3 ≤ v < 9.3.19.1 9.2 9.3 9.3.0

Affected range stops below 9.1.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk

95%

9.1.2312 ≤ v < 9.1.2312.1119.1.2312 ≤ v < 9.1.2312.2049.1.2312.200 ≤ v < 9.1.2312.2049.2.2403 ≤ v < 9.2.2403.1079.2.2403.100 ≤ v < 9.2.2403.1079.1.2312 9.2.2403

Affected range stops below 9.1.2312.111, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.1.2312.204, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.2.2403.107, 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-2024-1006

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://research.splunk.com/application/08978eca-caff-44c1-84dc-53f17def4e14/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMSplunk

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-400NVD-CWE-noinfo

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