Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2024 · Assigned by Splunk

CVE-2024-22164Denial of Service of an Investigation in Splunk Enterprise Security through Investigation attachments

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) versions below 7.1.2, an attacker can use investigation attachments to perform a denial of service (DoS) to the Investigation. The attachment endpoint does not properly limit the size of the request which lets an attacker cause the Investigation to become inaccessible.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) 7.3 – before 7.3.07.2 – before 7.2.07.1 – before 7.1.2

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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