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CVE-2024-23678: Deserialization of Untrusted Data on Splunk Enterprise for Windows through Path Traversal from Separate Disk Partition

• 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: 2024-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions below 9.0.8 and 9.1.3, Splunk Enterprise does not correctly sanitize path input data. This results in the unsafe deserialization of untrusted data from a separate disk partition on the machine. This vulnerability only affects Splunk Enterprise for Windows.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 9.0.0 before 9.0.8; from 9.1.0 before 9.1.3 — fixed in 9.0.8, 9.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.0.8, 9.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0108
• https://research.splunk.com/application/947d4d2e-1b64-41fc-b32a-736ddb88ce97/
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0108
• https://research.splunk.com/application/947d4d2e-1b64-41fc-b32a-736ddb88ce97/

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