CVE-2023-22941 Improperly Formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ Parameter Crashes Splunk Daemon
An attacker can crash the Splunk daemon by sending an improperly formatted INGEST_EVAL parameter in a field transformation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-22941?
CVE-2023-22941 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 14 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, an improperly-formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ parameter in a Field Transformation crashes the Splunk daemon (splunkd).
Weakness: CWE-248
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22941?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2023-22941?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-22941 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22941 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-56x4-8xcj-44r6.