PT-2023-18781 · Splunk · Splunk Enterprise

James Ervin · Published 2023-02-14 · Updated 2024-04-10 · CVE-2023-22938

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 8.1.13 Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 8.2.10 Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 9.0.4

Description The issue allows any authenticated user to send an email as the Splunk instance through the "sendemail" REST API endpoint. This endpoint is now restricted to the splunk-system-user account on the local instance.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.1.13, update to version 8.1.13 or later to restrict the "sendemail" REST API endpoint to the splunk-system-user account. For versions prior to 8.2.10, update to version 8.2.10 or later to restrict the "sendemail" REST API endpoint to the splunk-system-user account. For versions prior to 9.0.4, update to version 9.0.4 or later to restrict the "sendemail" REST API endpoint to the splunk-system-user account.

Fix

Improper Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-285

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-22938

Affected Products

Splunk Enterprise

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-22938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0208 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22938 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/58126 · Telegram Post