CVE-2024-36985 is a high-severity Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10. A low-privileged user, without admin or power roles, can trigger this RCE by leveraging an external lookup referencing the "splunk_archiver" application. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.1.0, < 9.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0, < 9.0.10CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.1, < 9.1.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.