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CVE-2024-45739: Sensitive information disclosure in AdminManager logging channel

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2024-10-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6, the software potentially exposes plaintext passwords for local native authentication Splunk users. This exposure could happen when you configure the Splunk Enterprise AdminManager log channel at the DEBUG logging level.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 9.1.0 before 9.1.6; from 9.2.0 before 9.2.3; 9.3.1 — fixed in 9.1.6, 9.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.1.6, 9.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1009
• https://research.splunk.com/application/93dc7182-c5da-4085-82ec-401abf33d623/

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