CVE-2022-43563

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.66% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9 and 8.1.12, the way that the rex search command handles field names lets an attacker bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Security/SPLsafeguards . The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The attacker cannot exploit the vulnerability at will.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · prodsec@splunk.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.2

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Splunk Splunk Enterprise8.1 → 8.1.12enisa_euvdEU
Splunk Splunk Enterprise8.2 → 8.2.9enisa_euvdEU
splunk splunk8.1.0 → 8.1.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk splunk8.2.0 → 8.2.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk splunk cloud platform< 9.0.2203nvdUScpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1950Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-11-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Splunk Enterprise ausnutzen, um Code zur Ausführung zu bringen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Informationen offenzulegen, Daten zu manipulieren oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen. Zur Ausnutzung einiger Schwachstellen ist eine Interaktion des Opfers notwendig.

also known as (3)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-11-04modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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