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Servers and applications

CVE-2023-40596

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.

Severity
High 8.8
Published
30 Aug 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
8.2.12, 9.0.6
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Splunk EnterpriseServers and applications · cpe:a:splunk:splunk
  • From 8.2.0 before 8.2.12
  • From 9.0.0 before 9.0.6
  • Version 9.1.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40596
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40596