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medium 6.5

CVE-2024-36990 json

Denial of Service (DoS) on the datamodel/web REST endpoint

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-36377

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2308.209, 9.1.2312.109, 9.1.2312.202

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • research.splunk.com https://research.splunk.com/application/45766810-dbb2-44d4-b889-b4ba3ee0d1f5 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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