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CVE-2024-45733 (GCVE-0-2024-45733)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-14 17:03 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
VLAI
Title
Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to insecure session storage configuration in Splunk Enterprise on Windows
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions below 9.2.3 and 9.1.6, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to an insecure session storage configuration.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-15 16:16 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - The application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 9.2 , < 9.2.3 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.6 (custom)
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splunk splunk_enterprise Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.6 (custom)
Affected: 9.2 , < 9.2.3 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2024-10-14 00:00
Credits
Alex Hordijk
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