CVE-2023-40596
CVE-2023-40596: 1 tracked advisory record across Splunk. Compare vendor sources.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityHigh7.0
High [CVE-2023-40596] 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…
CVE-2023-40596Source published Source updated
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.
- Related products — impact not confirmed
- Splunk Enterprise
- Source-reported affected versions
- 8.2.12
- 9.0.6
- 9.1.1
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
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