Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2023 · Assigned by Splunk
CVE-2023-40594Denial of Service (DoS) via the ‘printf’ Search Function
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Splunk Cloud from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can use the `printf` SPL function to perform a denial of service (DoS) against the Splunk Enterprise instance.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 8.2 – before 8.2.129.0 – before 9.0.69.1 – before 9.1.1 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud | - – before 9.0.2303.100 |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H