CVE-2022-43572

moderate-risk
Published 2022-11-04

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.82% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Splunk

References (2)

Not Applicable https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1111.html
Not Applicable https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1111.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low