Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2024-23678
Published: January 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85683
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23678
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data from a separate disk partition on the machine. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Affected software
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2024-23678
Install updates from vendor's website.
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 9.0.8, 9.1.3