CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-43566
8.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-11-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can run risky commands using a more privileged user’s permissions to bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Security/SPLsafeguards in the Analytics Workspace. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The attacker cannot exploit the vulnerability at will.
Affected configurations
• splunk splunk (>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.12)
• splunk splunk (>= 8.2.0 < 8.2.9)
• splunk splunk (>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.2)
• splunk splunk cloud platform (< 9.0.2208)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://research.splunk.com/application/b6d77c6c-f011-4b03-8650-8f10edb7c4a8/ Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1106.html Vendor Advisory
- https://research.splunk.com/application/b6d77c6c-f011-4b03-8650-8f10edb7c4a8/ Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1106.html Vendor Advisory