What is CVE-2024-23678?

CVE-2024-23678 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-23678?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Splunk

CVE-2024-23678

In Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions below 9.0.8 and 9.1.3, Splunk Enterprise does not correctly sanitize path input data. This results in the unsafe deserialization of untrusted data from a separate disk partition on the machine. This vulnerability only affects Splunk Enterprise for Windows.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk
Splunk Enterprise — versions 9.0, 9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

prodsec@splunk.com (Vendor Advisory)
prodsec@splunk.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23678?: CVE-2024-23678 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-23678?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.