CVE-2023-40598 HIGH

CVE-2023-40598: Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-77
Published August 30, 2023
Last update February 28, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 30, 2023 CVE published
February 28, 2025 Record updated