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CVE-2023-22940

MEDIUM
Published 2023-02-14T17:22:34.688Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.385
Higher than 38.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
Not Available
Availability
Not Available

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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Affected Products

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

Affected Versions:

8.1 8.2 9.0
Splunk

Splunk Cloud Platform

Affected Versions:

-

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-h6fv-f2m3-r3mm

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22940
WEB https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0210
WEB https://research.splunk.com/application/ee69374a-d27e-4136-adac-956a96ff60fd
WEB https://research.splunk.com/endpoint/ee69374a-d27e-4136-adac-956a96ff60fd

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 6, 2023, Modified: December 21, 2023

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0210
https://research.splunk.com/application/ee69374a-d27e-4136-adac-956a96ff60fd/
Published: 2023-02-14T17:22:34.688Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-28T11:03:47.020Z
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