CVE-2022-43571 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can execute arbitrary code through the dashboard PDF generation component.

Published: 2022-11-03

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 75.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.1`	affected	< 8.1.12
`8.2`	affected	< 8.2.9
`9.0`	affected	< 9.0.2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.75912.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://research.splunk.com/application/b06b41d7-9570-4985-8137-0784f582a1b3/
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1111.html

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Splunk Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Splunk

Published: 2022-11-03T22:56:44.862Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T18:24:40.047Z

Reserved: 2022-10-20T18:37:09.183Z

Link: CVE-2022-43571

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:32:59.741Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-03T23:15:21.987

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:26:48.610

Link: CVE-2022-43571

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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