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high 7.5

CVE-2024-36991 in the critical feed json

Path Traversal on the “/modules/messaging/“ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-36378

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.0%
EPSS 13.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, an attacker could perform a path traversal on the /modules/messaging/ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows. This vulnerability should only affect Splunk Enterprise on Windows.

Patch / fix

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2
  • splunk splunk 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

13.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise
  • splunk splunk

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-35 Path Traversal: '.../...//'
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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