In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can execute a specially crafted query that they can then use to serialize untrusted data. The attacker can use the query to execute arbitrary code.
Weakness
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk | 8.2.0 (including) | 8.2.12 (excluding) |
| Splunk | Splunk | 9.0.0 (including) | 9.0.6 (excluding) |
| Splunk | Splunk | 9.1.0 (including) | 9.1.0 (including) |
| Splunk_cloud_platform | Splunk | * | 9.0.2305.100 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
- Make fields transient to protect them from deserialization.
- An attempt to serialize and then deserialize a class containing transient fields will result in NULLs where the transient data should be. This is an excellent way to prevent time, environment-based, or sensitive variables from being carried over and used improperly.