CVE-2023-32709 Low-privileged User can View Hashed Default Splunk Password
Low-privileged users can view hashed default credentials via REST API, exposing sensitive initial setup information.
- 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-2023-32709?
CVE-2023-32709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 1 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11. and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds the ‘user’ role can see the hashed version of the initial user name and password for the Splunk instance by using the ‘rest’ SPL command against the ‘conf-user-seed’ REST endpoint.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32709?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2023-32709?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32709 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-32709 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32709 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-qgj7-qp4f-2mg6.