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GHSA-PRVP-V5VW-H6PH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-30 18:30 – Updated: 2023-11-03 03:30

Details

In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2023-40597 (GCVE-0-2023-40597)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 16:19 – Updated: 2025-07-01 13:45

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-36 - The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as /abs/path that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

Assigner

Splunk

References

URL

Tags

	https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0806
	https://research.splunk.com/application/356bd3fe-…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

Affected: 8.2 , < 8.2.12 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.6 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.1 (custom)

Splunk

Splunk Cloud

Affected: - , < 9.0.2305.200 (custom)

Credits

Danylo Dmytriiev (DDV_UA)

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-PRVP-V5VW-H6PH

CVE-2023-40597 (GCVE-0-2023-40597)

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