Vulnerability CVE-2022-43566


Published: 2022-11-04   Modified: 2022-11-05

Description:
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can run risky commands using a more privileged user??s permissions to bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Security/SPLsafeguards in the Analytics Workspace. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The attacker cannot exploit the vulnerability at will.

 References:
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1106.html
https://research.splunk.com/application/b6d77c6c-f011-4b03-8650-8f10edb7c4a8/

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