Is CVE-2024-36985 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-36985 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-36985?

CVE-2024-36985 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-36985?

CVE-2024-36985 has an EPSS score of 6.52% (93th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-36985?

Upgrade splunk to 9.2.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-36985

HIGHEPSS 93th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could cause a Remote Code Execution through an external lookup that references the “splunk_archiver“ application.

CWE-687

How to fix

Remediation Available

splunkNVD

Affected:>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2Fixed in:9.2.2CVE-2024-36985derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

6.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

advisory.splunk.com

Other references1

research.splunk.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-07.