VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-40598

CVSS score8.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • prodsec@splunk.com: CWE-77
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-306

Primary references