CVE-2024-53247 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-53247

Remote Code Execution through Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Splunk Secure Gateway app

Vulnerability Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.2, 9.2.4, and 9.1.7, and versions below 3.4.261 and 3.7.13 of the Splunk Secure Gateway app on Splunk Cloud Platform, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE).

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 Secure Gateway
Vulnerable Versions:
9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 3.7, 3.4

Timeline

Official Publish: December 10th, 2024
Last Modified: February 28th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-502

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1505.003 Web Shell
Persistence
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation