CVE-2024-36982: Denial of Service through null pointer reference in “cluster/config” REST endpoint

7.5 CVSS

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.109 and 9.1.2308.207, an attacker could trigger a null pointer reference on the cluster/config REST endpoint, which could result in a crash of the Splunk daemon.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-36982

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

Affected Products

Vendor: Splunk

Product: Splunk Enterprise

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 19.3% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0702

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