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CVE-2023-40597: Absolute Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise Using runshellscript.py

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-36

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 8.2.0 before 8.2.12; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.6; 9.1.0 — fixed in 8.2.12, 9.0.6
• Splunk Cloud Platform: through 9.0.2305.100

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 8.2.12, 9.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0806
• https://research.splunk.com/application/356bd3fe-f59b-4f64-baa1-51495411b7ad/
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0806
• https://research.splunk.com/application/356bd3fe-f59b-4f64-baa1-51495411b7ad/

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