CVE-2024-36986Network attack vector

Higher-privileged risky command execution via Search ID

Published Jul 1, 2024 · Updated Feb 28, 2025

Information exposure in affected Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform releases allows remote authenticated users to run risky SPL commands. The Analytics Workspace accepts a Search ID query that reuses a higher-privileged user's permissions and bypasses safeguards applied to risky commands. Exploitation requires an authenticated user to trick a higher-privileged victim into initiating the browser request, exposing search results and permitting limited data modification.

CVSS severity6.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.39%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Information exposure in affected Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform releases allows remote authenticated users to run risky SPL commands. The Analytics Workspace accepts a Search ID query that reuses a higher-privileged user's permissions and bypasses safeguards applied to risky commands. Exploitation requires an authenticated user to trick a higher-privileged victim into initiating the browser request, exposing search results and permitting limited data modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-36986
Published
Jul 1, 2024
Updated
Feb 28, 2025
Vendor
Splunk, Inc.
Product
Splunk Enterprise
Classifications
CWE-200, T1204.001, T1068
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 1, 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 <9.0.10
  2. Affected versionversion=9.1 <9.1.5
  3. Affected versionversion=9.2 <9.2.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Splunk, Inc. · Splunk Enterpriseversion=9.0 <9.0.10; version=9.1 <9.1.5; version=9.2 <9.2.2
Splunk, Inc. · Splunk Cloud Platformversion=9.1.2308 <9.1.2308.207; version=9.1.2312 <9.1.2312.200

Published CVSS scores

6.3Splunk Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
5.7NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

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
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
T1204.001Malicious Link
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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