Remote Code Execution through Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Splunk Secure Gateway app
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 9.3.2, 9.2.4, and 9.1.7, and versions below 3.4.261 and 3.7.13 of the Splunk Secure Gateway app on Splunk Cloud Platform, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE).
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Splunk Enterprise (Splunk) Fixed in 9.3.2, 9.2.4, 9.1.7
- Fix · CNA Splunk Secure Gateway (Splunk) Fixed in 3.7.13, 3.4.261
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Splunk Enterprise 9.1.7, 9.2.4, 9.3.2
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-35715 Sensitive Information Disclosure through SPL commandsPriority LOW 33
- TI-2024-35713 Risky command safeguards bypass in “/en-US/app/search/report“ endpoint through “s“ parameterPriority LOW 26
- TI-2024-35712 Information Disclosure in Mobile Alert Responses in Splunk Secure GatewayPriority LOW 20
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-53247
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-529c-hjgw-g8wj
References
More Splunk vulnerabilities
- 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-2023-12257 Injection in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13930 Information disclosure in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13917 Incorrect default permissions in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-53247 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-53247 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-529c-hjgw-g8wj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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