CVE-2023-40598CWE-77

Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups

High · published August 30, 2023

CVSS v3.1
8.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00852 · 57.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Published
2023-08-30T16:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 AUG 16:19Z
    Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups
    cvelistv5