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CVE-2023-40598

HIGH · CVSS 8.5 EPSS 0.60%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-08-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2023-40598
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.5
EPSS
0.60%

Original NVD Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The attacker can use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, a user can execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.

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