title: Absolute Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise Using runshellscript.py
description: In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.
problem types: The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as /abs/path that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
affected:
{
product: Splunk Enterprise
vendor: Splunk
versions:
version: 8.2, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 8.2.12
version: 9.0, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 9.0.6
version: 9.1, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 9.1.1
}
{
product: Splunk Cloud
vendor: Splunk
versions:
version: -, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 9.0.2305.200
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
baseScore: 7.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL