CVE-2023-40596

HIGH

Splunk Enterprise <8.2.12-9.1.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions earlier than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, a dynamic link library (DLL) that ships with Splunk Enterprise references an insecure path for the OPENSSLDIR build definition. An attacker can abuse this reference and subsequently install malicious code to achieve privilege escalation on the Windows machine.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-427 CWE-665
Status published
Products (2)
splunk/splunk 9.1.0
splunk/splunk 8.2.0 - 8.2.12
Published Aug 30, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026