CVE-2024-36984 HIGH

CVE-2024-36984: Remote Code Execution through Serialized Session Payload in Splunk Enterprise on Windows

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published July 1, 2024
Last update February 28, 2025

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 on Windows, an authenticated user could execute a specially crafted query that they could then use to serialize untrusted data. The attacker could use the query to execute arbitrary code.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 1, 2024 CVE published
February 28, 2025 Record updated