CVE-2024-36991

Q: How do I fix CVE-2024-36991?

Upgrade splunk to 9.2.2 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2024-36991 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-36991 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 13.1% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2024-36991?

CVE-2024-36991 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2024-36991 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for splunk (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, an attacker could perform a path traversal on the /modules/messaging/ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows. This vulnerability should only affect Splunk Enterprise on Windows.

CWE-35 CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

splunkNVD

Affected:>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2Fixed in:9.2.2CVE-2024-36991derived from NVD

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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 RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

13.11%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2024-36991?

Upgrade splunk to 9.2.2 or later.

Is CVE-2024-36991 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-36991 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 13.1% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2024-36991?

CVE-2024-36991 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2024-36991 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for splunk (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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 2024-11-21.