CVE-2023-40598 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-40598

Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Danylo Dmytriiev (DDV_UA)

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud
Vulnerable Versions:
8.2, 9.0, 9.1, -

Timeline

Official Publish: August 30th, 2023
Last Modified: February 28th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control