CVE-2023-22940
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CVE-2023-22940 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.7/10 on the CVSS scale. In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, aliases of the ‘collect’ search processing language (SPL) command, including ‘summaryindex’, ‘sumindex’, ‘stash’,’ mcollect’, and ‘meventcollect’, were not designated as safeguarded commands. The commands could potentially allow for the exposing of data to a summary index that unprivileged users could access. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, aliases of the ‘collect’ search processing language (SPL) command, including ‘summaryindex’, ‘sumindex’, ‘stash’,’ mcollect’, and ‘meventcollect’, were not designated as safeguarded commands. The commands could potentially allow for the exposing of data to a summary index that unprivileged users could access. The vulnerability requires a higher privileged user to initiate a request within their browser, and only affects instances with Splunk Web enabled.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk | >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.13 |
| Splunk | Splunk | >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.10 |
| Splunk | Splunk | >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.4 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform | < 9.0.2209.3 |
References
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0210Vendor Advisory
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0210Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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