CVE-2023-22939

SPL Command Safeguards Bypass via the ‘map’ SPL Command in Splunk Enterprise

State: Published
Severity: 8.1 High
Published: Feb 14, 2023
Updated: Feb 28, 2025
Reserved: Jan 10, 2023

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, the ‘map’ search processing language (SPL) command lets a search bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands. The vulnerability requires a higher privileged user to initiate a request within their browser and only affects instances with Splunk Web enabled.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	Splunk

Weaknesses

CWE-20 The product does not validate or incorrectly validates input that can affect the control flow or data flow of a program.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk	8.1 to before 8.1.13Affected 8.2 to before 8.2.10Affected 9.0 to before 9.0.4Affected
Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk	- to before 9.0.2209.3Affected

References

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