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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 30, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-40596

CVE-2023-40596

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • Splunk/Splunk2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*range: >=8.2.0,<8.2.12
    • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
  • Splunk/Splunk Enterprisellm-fuzzy2 versions
    <8.2.12, <9.0.6, <9.1.1+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: <8.2.12, <9.0.6, <9.1.1
    • (no CPE)range: 8.2

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