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CVE-2024-45735: Improper Access Control for low-privileged user in Splunk Secure Gateway App

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2024-10-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.3 and 9.1.6, and Splunk Secure Gateway versions on Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 3.4.259, 3.6.17, and 3.7.0, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles can see App Key Value Store (KV Store) deployment configuration and public/private keys in the Splunk Secure Gateway App.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 9.1.0 before 9.1.6; from 9.2.0 before 9.2.3 — fixed in 9.1.6, 9.2.3
• Splunk Cloud Platform: before 3.4.259; from 3.6.0 before 3.6.17 — fixed in 3.4.259, 3.6.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.1.6, 9.2.3; Splunk Cloud Platform 3.4.259, 3.6.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1005
• https://research.splunk.com/application/0a3d6035-7bef-4dfa-b01e-84349edac3b4/

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