CVE-2023-40598

high

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The attacker can use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, a user can execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.

References

https://research.splunk.com/application/ee69374a-d27e-4136-adac-956a96ff60fd/

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0807

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-08-30

Updated: 2024-04-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High