#VU76916 Improper Authorization in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-32709

Vulnerability identifier: #VU76916

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32709

CWE-ID: CWE-285

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Splunk Enterprise

Software vendor:
Splunk Inc.

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly restrict access to sensitive information. A remote user with "user" capability can use the "rest" SPL command against the ‘conf-user-seed’ REST endpoint to disclose the hashed version of the initial user name and password for the Splunk instance.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://research.splunk.com/application/a1be424d-e59c-4583-b6f9-2dcc23be4875/
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0604