CVE-2024-36991 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, an attacker could perform a path traversal on the /modules/messaging/ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows. This vulnerability should only affect Splunk Enterprise on Windows.

Published: 2024-07-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 93.5% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.2`	affected	< 9.2.2
`9.1`	affected	< 9.1.5
`9.0`	affected	< 9.0.10

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.93517.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0711
https://research.splunk.com/application/e7c2b064-524e-4d65-8002-efce808567aa

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.91505}`	epss `{'score': 0.90591}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Splunk Splunk

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Splunk

Published: 2024-07-01T16:31:03.563Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T11:03:48.685Z

Reserved: 2024-05-30T16:36:21.001Z

Link: CVE-2024-36991

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:43:50.583Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-01T17:15:07.860

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:22:59.347

Link: CVE-2024-36991

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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