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CVE-2023-32714: Path Traversal in Splunk App for Lookup File Editing

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 42.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-35

Description

In the Splunk App for Lookup File Editing versions below 4.0.1, a low-privileged user can, with a specially crafted web request, trigger a path traversal exploit that can then be used to read and write to restricted areas of the Splunk installation directory.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 8.1.0 before 8.1.14; from 8.2.0 before 8.2.11; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.5 — fixed in 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5
• Splunk App for Lookup File Editing: before 4.0.1 — fixed in 4.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5; Splunk App for Lookup File Editing 4.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0608
• https://research.splunk.com/application/8ed58987-738d-4917-9e44-b8ef6ab948a6/
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0608
• https://research.splunk.com/application/8ed58987-738d-4917-9e44-b8ef6ab948a6/

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