#VU80332 OS Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-40598 

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#VU80332 OS Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-40598

Published: September 4, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80332
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40598
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Splunk Enterprise
Software vendor:
Splunk Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.



Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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