VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-43572

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-11-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references