Uncaught Exception in Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-22941
Published: June 7, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77074
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22941
CWE-ID: CWE-248
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 uncaught exception in the "INGEST_EVAL" parameter. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Splunk Cloud Platform
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2023-22941
Install updates from vendor's website.
Splunk Cloud Platform - update to 9.0.2212
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