CVE-2024-29946Network attack vector

Risky SPL safeguard bypass via unvalidated Hub request

Published Mar 27, 2024 · Updated Feb 28, 2025

Improper input validation in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform allows remote attackers to bypass risky SPL safeguards via browser requests. The Dashboard Examples Hub processes a request without applying the protections for risky SPL commands; Splunk has not disclosed the exact validation operation. A victim must be phished into initiating the request, and Enterprise is exposed only when Splunk Web and Dashboard Studio are running; successful abuse can read or alter data.

CVSS severity8.1
High
EPSS probability0.77%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper input validation in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform allows remote attackers to bypass risky SPL safeguards via browser requests. The Dashboard Examples Hub processes a request without applying the protections for risky SPL commands; Splunk has not disclosed the exact validation operation. A victim must be phished into initiating the request, and Enterprise is exposed only when Splunk Web and Dashboard Studio are running; successful abuse can read or alter data.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-29946
Published
Mar 27, 2024
Updated
Feb 28, 2025
Vendor
Splunk, Inc.
Product
Splunk Enterprise
Classifications
CWE-77, CWE-20, T1059, T1204.001
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=9.0 <9.0.9
  2. Affected versionversion=9.1 <9.1.4
  3. Affected versionversion=9.2 <9.2.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Splunk, Inc. · Splunk Enterpriseversion=9.0 <9.0.9; version=9.1 <9.1.4; version=9.2 <9.2.1
Splunk, Inc. · Splunk Cloud Platformversion=0 <9.1.2308.205; version=0 <9.1.2312.104; version=- <9.1.2308.205; version=- <9.1.2312.104

Published CVSS scores

8.1SplunkCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1204.001Malicious Link

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