Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-22936
Published: June 7, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77067
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22936
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the "search_listener" search parameter. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Splunk Cloud Platform
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2023-22936
Install updates from vendor's website.
Splunk Cloud Platform - update to 9.0.2209.3
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 8.1.13, 8.2.10, 9.0.4
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 8.1.13, 8.2.10, 9.0.4