What is CVE-2024-45733?

CVE-2024-45733 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-45733?

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

Is CVE-2024-45733 known to be exploited?

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

Deserialization in Splunk Enterprise

CVE-2024-45733

In Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions below 9.2.3 and 9.1.6, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to an insecure session storage configuration.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.041 (88.7th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45733?: CVE-2024-45733 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-45733?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-45733 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.