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    CVE-2023-40598

    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.

    Published:Aug 30, 2023
    Last Modified:Feb 28, 2025
    EPS:Aug 30, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.0011
    CVSS Score:8.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Splunk
    Product
    Splunk
    Vendor
    Splunk
    Product
    Splunk Cloud Platform

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High