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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2024-45736 json

Improperly Formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ Parameter Crashes Splunk Daemon

published 2024-10-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-41738

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.107, 9.1.2312.204, and 9.1.2312.111, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a search query with an improperly formatted "INGEST_EVAL" parameter as part of a [Field Transformation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Knowledge/Managefieldtransforms) which could crash the Splunk daemon (splunkd).

Patch / fix

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.1.6, 9.2.3, 9.3.1
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2312.111, 9.1.2312.204, 9.2.2403.107
  • splunk splunk_enterprise 9.1.6, 9.2.3, 9.3.1
  • splunk splunk_cloud_platform 9.1.2312.111, 9.1.2312.204, 9.2.2403.107

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform
  • splunk splunk_enterprise
  • splunk splunk_cloud_platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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