CVE-2023-22940
SPL Command Safeguards Bypass via the ‘collect’ SPL Command Aliases in Splunk Enterprise
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.3 Medium
- 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, aliases of the ‘collect’ search processing language (SPL) command, including ‘summaryindex’, ‘sumindex’, ‘stash’,’ mcollect’, and ‘meventcollect’, were not designated as safeguarded commands. The commands could potentially allow for the exposing of data to a summary index that unprivileged users could access. 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 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/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 |
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Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk |
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References
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