CVE-2024-36985 — In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could cause a Remote Code Execution through an external lookup that references the “splunk_archiver“ application.

01What is this vulnerability?

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could cause a Remote Code Execution through an external lookup that references the “splunk_archiver“ application.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Splunk	Splunk Enterprise	9.2, 9.1, 9.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-07-01T16:30:57.461Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-28T11:03:58.932Z

09References

• advisory.splunk.com — https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0705
• research.splunk.com — https://research.splunk.com/application/8598f9de-bba8-42a4-8ef0-12e1adda4131