CVE-2024-36982

Denial of Service through null pointer reference in “cluster/config” REST endpoint

High7.5EPSS 0.50%

Published: 1 Jul 2024
Updated: 28 Feb 2025
Reserved: 30 May 2024
Assigned by: Splunk

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.109 and 9.1.2308.207, an attacker could trigger a null pointer reference on the cluster/config REST endpoint, which could result in a crash of the Splunk daemon.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2024-36982, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
SplunkCNA (assigner)	3.1	High7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified	3.1	High7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

CWE-476: A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs

Affected products

Splunk · Splunk Enterprise
- affected 9.2 – < 9.2.2
- affected 9.1 – < 9.1.5
- affected 9.0 – < 9.0.10
Splunk · Splunk Cloud Platform
- affected 9.1.2312 – < 9.1.2312.109
- affected 9.1.2308 – < 9.1.2308.207

References (1)

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0702 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

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

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Record last updated 28 Feb 2025, 11:03 UTC.