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High [CVE-2023-40598] In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker

This high-severity Splunk advisory covers CVE-2023-40598 affecting Splunk Enterprise.

CVE-2023-40598 Published Aug 30, 2023Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
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Summary

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.

Affected versions
  • 8.2.12
  • 9.0.6
  • 9.1.1

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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