Splunk Authentication Token Exposure in Debug Log in Splunk Enterprise

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.1, 9.1.4, and 9.0.9, the software potentially exposes authentication tokens during the token validation process. This exposure happens when either Splunk Enterprise runs in debug mode or the JsonWebToken component has been configured to log its activity at the DEBUG logging level.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.95% · top 39% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• CWE-532: Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information. (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-532 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Splunk · Splunk Enterprise

  • affected 9.2 – < 9.2.1
  • affected 9.1 – < 9.1.4
  • affected 9.0 – < 9.0.9

References (2)

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0301 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://research.splunk.com/application/9a67e749-d291-40dd-8376-d422e7ecf8b5 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2024-29945](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2024-29945.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-29945)

Record last updated 16 Dec 2025, 18:13 UTC.