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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2024-36985 json

Remote Code Execution (RCE) through an external lookup due to “copybuckets.py“ script in the “splunk_archiver“ application in Splunk Enterprise

published 2024-07-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36373

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could cause a Remote Code Execution through an external lookup that references the “splunk_archiver“ application.

Patch / fix

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2
  • splunk splunk 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/splunk_auth_rce_cve_2024_36985)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

6.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

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

Affected products

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise
  • splunk splunk

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-687 Function Call With Incorrectly Specified Argument Value

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.