Remote Code Execution (RCE) through an external lookup due to “copybuckets.py“ script in the “splunk_archiver“ application in Splunk Enterprise

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could cause a Remote Code Execution through an external lookup that references the “splunk_archiver“ application.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (5 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 8.8.

Weakness

• CWE-687: The software calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies an argument that contains the wrong value, which may lead to resultant weaknesses. (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-687 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

References (2)

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0705 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://research.splunk.com/application/8598f9de-bba8-42a4-8ef0-12e1adda4131 (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-2024-36985](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2024-36985.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-36985)

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