CVE-2023-40598 — Command Injection in Cloud

CWE-77 — Command InjectionCWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
CNA8.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Splunk CloudSplunk EnterpriseSplunk+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 30

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The attacker can use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, a user can execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDsplunk/splunk_cloud_platform< 9.0.2305.200
▶CVEListV5splunk/splunk_enterprise8.2 — 8.2.12+2
▶NVDsplunk/splunk9.0.0 — 9.0.6+2
▶CVEListV5splunk/splunk_cloud- — 9.0.2305.200

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5ghx-2vfx-7347: In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8↗2023-08-30
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CVEList
Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups↗2023-08-30
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CVE-2023-40598 — Command Injection in Splunk Cloud | cvebase