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CVE-2022-43572

Published: Nov 4, 2022

Modified: May 1, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, sending a malformed file through the Splunk-to-Splunk (S2S) or HTTP Event Collector (HEC) protocols to an indexer results in a blockage or denial-of-service preventing further indexing.

VendorProductVersions

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

affected
8.1 - < 8.1.12
affected
8.2 - < 8.2.9
affected
9.0 - < 9.0.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

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