Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2024
CVE-2024-45732
Low-privileged user could run search as nobody in SplunkDeploymentServerConfig app
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, and 9.2.0 versions below 9.2.3, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.103, 9.1.2312.200, 9.1.2312.110 and 9.1.2308.208, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could run a search as the "nobody" Splunk user in the SplunkDeploymentServerConfig app. This could let the low-privileged user access potentially restricted data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
9.2.2403 before 9.2.2403.103; 9.1.2312 before 9.1.2312.110, 9.1.2312.200; 9.1.2308 before 9.1.2308.208 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
9.3 before 9.3.1; 9.2 before 9.2.3 · source: vendor, CISA
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.2.0 before 9.2.3; 9.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45732
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45732
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1002
Vendor Advisory
https://research.splunk.com/application/f765c3fe-c3b6-4afe-a932-11dd4f3a024f/
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