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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2023-40597 json

Absolute Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise Using runshellscript.py

published 2023-08-30 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-45155

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.

Patch / fix

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise 8.2.12, 9.0.6, 9.1.1
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud 9.0.2305.200

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
16 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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