Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2024
CVE-2024-45736
Improperly Formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ Parameter Crashes Splunk Daemon
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.107, 9.1.2312.204, and 9.1.2312.111, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a search query with an improperly formatted "INGEST_EVAL" parameter as part of a [Field Transformation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Knowledge/Managefieldtransforms) which could crash the Splunk daemon (splunkd).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% 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 9.2.2403.107; 9.1.2312 before 9.1.2312.204; 9.1.2312 before 9.1.2312.111 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
9.3 before 9.3.1; 9.2 before 9.2.3; 9.1 before 9.1.6 · source: vendor, CISA
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.1.0 before 9.1.6; 9.2.0 before 9.2.3; 9.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45736
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45736
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1006
Vendor Advisory
https://research.splunk.com/application/08978eca-caff-44c1-84dc-53f17def4e14/
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