CVE-2023-40596: In Splunk Enterprise versions earlier than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, a dynamic link library (DLL) that ships with Splunk Enterprise references an insecure path…

PriorityP344high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSCCHIHAH

EPSS

0.16%

5.2th percentile

In Splunk Enterprise versions earlier than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, a dynamic link library (DLL) that ships with Splunk Enterprise references an insecure path for the OPENSSLDIR build definition. An attacker can abuse this reference and subsequently install malicious code to achieve privilege escalation on the Windows machine.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
splunk	splunk	—	—
splunk	splunk	>= 8.2.0 < 8.2.12	8.2.12
splunk	splunk	>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.6	9.0.6
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 8.2 < 8.2.12	8.2.12
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 9.0 < 9.0.6	9.0.6
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 9.1 < 9.1.1	9.1.1

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