CVE-2024-36991 (GCVE-0-2024-36991)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-01 16:31 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03Title
Path Traversal on the “/modules/messaging/“ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-01 20:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-35 - The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
References
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise |
Affected:
9.2 , < 9.2.2
(custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.5 (custom) Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.10 (custom) |
|
| splunk | splunk |
Affected:
9.0.0 , < 9.0.10
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.0.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
|
| splunk | splunk |
Affected:
9.1.0 , < 9.1.5
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
|
| splunk | splunk |
Affected:
9.2 , < 9.2.2
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2024-07-01 00:00
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: e74afa40-8f48-4e23-84fb-8ba8babcd4be
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2024-07-01
Asserted: 2024-07-01
Scope
Notes: Path Traversal on the “/modules/messaging/“ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows | Affected: Splunk / Splunk Enterprise | CVSS: 7.5 (HIGH) | EPSS: 0.13006 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: previdian
Details
| Feed | Previdian (previdian.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | Path Traversal on the “/modules/messaging/“ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows |
| Cve Id | CVE-2024-36991 |
| Vendor | Splunk |
| Ghsa Id | GHSA-FG59-J242-RCJ9 |
| Product | Splunk Enterprise |
| Added Date | 2024-07-01T16:31:03.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.5 |
| Epss Score | 0.13006 |
| Previous Ids | |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Virtual Patch | False |
| Cvss Estimated | False |
| Epss Percentile | 0.96218 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Vulnerability Id | CVE-2024-36991 |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | True |
References
Created: 2026-10-02 09:11 CEST
| Updated: 2026-10-02 09:11 CEST
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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