vulnerability
Splunk: CVE-2023-33733: Remote Code Execution through dashboard PDF generation component
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 1, 2024 | Sep 30, 2025 | May 27, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 1, 2024
Added
Sep 30, 2025
Modified
May 27, 2026
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.109 and 9.1.2308.203, an authenticated user could execute arbitrary code through the dashboard PDF generation component. The pdfgen/render REST endpoint uses a vulnerable version of the ReportLab Toolkit (v3.6.1) Python library with a remote code execution vulnerability, as described in Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID CVE-2023-33733.
Solution
splunk-upgrade-latest
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