CVE-2024-36982: Denial of Service through null pointer reference in “cluster/config” REST endpoint

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.109 and 9.1.2308.207, an attacker could trigger a null pointer reference on the cluster/config REST endpoint, which could result in a crash of the Splunk daemon.

Affected products

Splunk Cloud: from 9.1.2308 before 9.1.2308.207; from 9.1.2312.100 before 9.1.2312.109 — fixed in 9.1.2308.207, 9.1.2312.109
Splunk Enterprise: from 9.0.0 before 9.0.10; from 9.1.0 before 9.1.5; from 9.2.0 before 9.2.2 — fixed in 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Cloud 9.1.2308.207, 9.1.2312.109; Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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