CVE-2022-37438 Information disclosure via the dashboard drilldown in Splunk Enterprise
Authenticated users can leak other users' personal information via crafted dashboard drilldowns in Splunk Enterprise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-37438?
CVE-2022-37438 is a low-severity vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 16 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions in the following table, an authenticated user can craft a dashboard that could potentially leak information (for example, username, email, and real name) about Splunk users, when visited by another user through the drilldown component. The vulnerability requires user access to create and share dashboards using Splunk Web.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-37438?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2022-37438?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-37438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-37438 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-37438 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-mrcj-wmm5-vj35.