CVE-2024-45736 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-45736: Improperly Formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ Parameter Crashes Splunk Daemon

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-400
Published October 14, 2024
Last update February 28, 2025

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.107, 9.1.2312.204, and 9.1.2312.111, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a search query with an improperly formatted "INGEST_EVAL" parameter as part of a [Field Transformation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Knowledge/Managefieldtransforms) which could crash the Splunk daemon (splunkd).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 14, 2024 CVE published
February 28, 2025 Record updated