High severity · published Feb 14, 2023
CVE-2023-22941
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, an improperly-formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ parameter in a Field Transformation crashes the Splunk daemon (splunkd)
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, an improperly-formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ parameter in a Field Transformation crashes the Splunk daemon (splunkd).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Splunk · Splunk
8.1.0 before 8.1.13; 8.2.0 before 8.2.10; 9.0.0 before 9.0.4 · source: NVD
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
before 9.0.2209.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22941
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22941
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0211
Vendor Advisory
https://research.splunk.com/application/08978eca-caff-44c1-84dc-53f17def4e14/
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