Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups
CVE-2023-40598

8.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Splunk
Status
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Cloud
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 August 2023

What is CVE-2023-40598?

In certain versions of Splunk Enterprise, an attacker can leverage an external lookup that invokes a legacy internal function. This functionality permits unauthorized code insertion into the Splunk platform installation directory, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code on the affected Splunk instance. This vulnerability poses significant risks and should be addressed promptly to safeguard against possible exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

Splunk Cloud - < 9.0.2305.200

Splunk Enterprise 8.2 < 8.2.12

Splunk Enterprise 9.0 < 9.0.6

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0807
https://research.splunk.com/application/ee69374a-d27e-413...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Danylo Dmytriiev (DDV_UA)
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CVE-2023-40598 : Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups