{"cve":"CVE-2023-40597","nvd":{"published":"2023-08-30T17:15:10.180","modified":"2026-06-17T06:18:38.617","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-36"],"references":["https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0806","https://research.splunk.com/application/356bd3fe-f59b-4f64-baa1-51495411b7ad/","https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0806","https://research.splunk.com/application/356bd3fe-f59b-4f64-baa1-51495411b7ad/"],"products":["splunk:splunk","splunk:splunk_cloud_platform"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:39:14.809778102+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-40597","score":0.00234,"percentile":0.14339,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}