CVE-2023-40596

HIGH

Splunk Enterprise <8.2.12-9.1.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-665 CWE-427
Status published

Affected Products (2)

splunk/splunk < 8.2.12
splunk/splunk

Timeline

Published Aug 30, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026