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CVE-2024-36990: Denial of Service (DoS) on the datamodel/web REST endpoint

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.100, an authenticated, low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could send a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the datamodel/web REST endpoint in Splunk Enterprise, potentially causing a denial of service.

Affected products

• 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
• Splunk Cloud Platform: from 9.1.2308 before 9.1.2308.209; from 9.1.2312.100 before 9.1.2312.109; from 9.1.2312.200 before 9.1.2312.202 — fixed in 9.1.2308.209, 9.1.2312.109, 9.1.2312.202

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2; Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2308.209, 9.1.2312.109, 9.1.2312.202. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0710
• https://research.splunk.com/application/45766810-dbb2-44d4-b889-b4ba3ee0d1f5
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0710
• https://research.splunk.com/application/45766810-dbb2-44d4-b889-b4ba3ee0d1f5

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