Privileged code execution via runshellscript lookup chaining
Published Jul 1, 2024 · Updated Feb 28, 2025
Command injection in affected Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform releases allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An external lookup invokes the deprecated runshellscript internal command, which inserts attacker-supplied code into the installation directory and runs it in the Splunk instance's privileged context. Exploitation requires authenticated access and user interaction, and successful execution grants the code the privileges of the Splunk platform process.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in affected Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform releases allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An external lookup invokes the deprecated runshellscript internal command, which inserts attacker-supplied code into the installation directory and runs it in the Splunk instance's privileged context. Exploitation requires authenticated access and user interaction, and successful execution grants the code the privileges of the Splunk platform process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-36983
- Published
- Jul 1, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Splunk, Inc.
- Product
- Splunk Enterprise
- Classifications
- CWE-77, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=9.0 <9.0.10
- Affected versionversion=9.1 <9.1.5
- Affected versionversion=9.2 <9.2.2
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