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CVE-2023-40596

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Published: Aug 30, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Splunk: Splunk
1 product
Splunk
Configuration A
3 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Splunk
From 8.2.0 to 8.2.12
From 9.0.0 to 9.0.6
Version 9.1.0
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Microsoft
Windows
All versions

References (2)

Source: prodsec@splunk.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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