CVE-2023-22938
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, the ‘sendemail’ REST API endpoint lets any authenticated user send an email as the Splunk instance. The endpoint is now restricted to the ‘splunk-system-user’ account on the local instance.
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affected products (20)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-0395Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-02-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Splunk Splunk Enterprise ausnutzen, um vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, Daten zu manipulieren und einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (6)
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- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0208cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-22938/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22938cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.1005cnnvd
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0208enisa_euvd
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0208Vendor Advisorynvd
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