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CVE-2023-40598 (GCVE-0-2023-40598)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 16:19 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
VLAI
Title
Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups
Summary
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.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-03 15:02 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-77 - The software constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 8.2 , < 8.2.12 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.6 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.1 (custom)
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Splunk Splunk Cloud Affected: - , < 9.0.2305.200 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-08-30 00:00
Credits
Danylo Dmytriiev (DDV_UA)
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