What is CVE-2024-36985?

CVE-2024-36985 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, classified under Function Call With Incorrectly Specified Argument Value. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-36985?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-36985 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise

CVE-2024-36985

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could cause a Remote Code Execution through an external lookup that references the “splunk_archiver“ app…

EPSS: 0.469 (97.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk Enterprise — versions 9.2, 9.1, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-687 — Function Call With Incorrectly Specified Argument Value

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36985?: CVE-2024-36985 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, classified under Function Call With Incorrectly Specified Argument Value. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-36985?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-36985 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.