VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-42743

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-05-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A misconfiguration in the node default path allows for local privilege escalation from a lower privileged user to the Splunk user in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.1 on Windows.

Weakness classification

  • prodsec@splunk.com: CWE-427
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-427

Primary references