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TI-2024-24531 Aliases CVE-2024-36984GHSA-54hj-cc7x-rq4c

Remote Code Execution through Serialized Session Payload in Splunk Enterprise on Windows

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 on Windows, an authenticated user could execute a specially crafted query that they could then use to serialize untrusted data. The attacker could use the query to execute arbitrary code.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01412 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Splunk Enterprise (Splunk): 9.2.2, 9.1.5, 9.0.10

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SplunkSplunk Enterprise9.2 to before 9.2.2; 9.1 to before 9.1.5; 9.0 to before 9.0.109.2.2, 9.1.5, 9.0.10Patch availableCNA
  • Splunk Enterprise VendorSplunk Affected 9.2 to before 9.2.2; 9.1 to before 9.1.5; 9.0 to before 9.0.10 Fixed in 9.2.2, 9.1.5, 9.0.10 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*9.0.0 to before 9.0.10; 9.1.0 to before 9.1.5; 9.2.0 to before 9.2.2VulnerableSplunk
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 9.0.0 to before 9.0.10; 9.1.0 to before 9.1.5; 9.2.0 to before 9.2.2 Vulnerable ·Splunk

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Splunk Enterprise (Splunk) Fixed in 9.2.2, 9.1.5, 9.0.10

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2

    15 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM, 11 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2024-24537 Path Traversal on the “/modules/messaging/“ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on WindowsPriority HIGH 72
    • TI-2024-24532 Remote Code Execution (RCE) through an external lookup due to “copybuckets.py“ script in…Priority MEDIUM 49
    • TI-2024-24530 Command Injection using External LookupsPriority MEDIUM 42

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-36984
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-54hj-cc7x-rq4c

References

  • TI-2026-16444 Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Creation and Truncation in a PostgreSQL Sidecar Service Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-24841 Remote code execution (RCE) in Splunk Enterprise through Insecure XML Parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-15979 ‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-30707 Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to insecure session storage configuration in Splunk Enterprise on Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-21345 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the radio template in Splunk Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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