Medium severity · published May 6, 2022
CVE-2022-26070
When handling a mismatched pre-authentication cookie, the application leaks the internal error message in the response, which contains the Splunk Enterprise local system path
4.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When handling a mismatched pre-authentication cookie, the application leaks the internal error message in the response, which contains the Splunk Enterprise local system path. The vulnerability impacts Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Splunk · Splunk
before 8.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26070
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26070
Vendor Advisory
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0507.html
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