XML External Entity injection in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-32706
Published: June 5, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76913
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32706
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input within the within SAML authentication. A remote non-authenticated attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2023-32706
Install updates from vendor's website.
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5