Low-Privileged User Vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise Could Lead to Remote Code Execution

CVE-2024-36985

What is CVE-2024-36985?

A vulnerability exists in Splunk Enterprise that allows low-privileged users, who do not have the admin or power roles, to perform unauthorized actions leading to remote code execution. This issue stems from an external lookup mechanism that references the 'splunk_archiver' application. Affected users can exploit this vulnerability on versions before 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, potentially compromising the security of the application and its underlying data.

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