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CVE-2024-36987: Insecure File Upload in the indexing/preview REST endpoint

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% 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-434

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.200, an authenticated, low-privileged user who does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could upload a file with an arbitrary extension using the indexing/preview REST endpoint.

Affected products

• Splunk Cloud: from 9.1.2312 before 9.1.2312.200 — fixed in 9.1.2312.200
• 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 9.1.2312.200; Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0707
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0707

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