Potential Exposure of Plaintext Passwords in Splunk Enterprise
CVE-2024-45739

4.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Splunk
Status
Splunk Enterprise
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-45739?

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6, the software potentially exposes plaintext passwords for local native authentication Splunk users. This exposure could happen when you configure the Splunk Enterprise AdminManager log channel at the DEBUG logging level.

Affected Version(s)

Splunk Enterprise 9.3 < 9.3.1

Splunk Enterprise 9.2 < 9.2.3

Splunk Enterprise 9.1 < 9.1.6

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1009
https://research.splunk.com/application/93dc7182-c5da-408...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

Credit

Eric McGinnis, Splunk
Rod Soto, Splunk
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