CVE-2023-40593
Medium
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the `/saml/acs` REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductSplunk
PublishedAug 30, 2023
First seenAug 30, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption
How to fix
Update
- splunk splunk8.2.12, 9.0.6 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| splunk splunk | 8.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.12, 9.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.6 | 8.2.12, 9.0.6 |
| splunk splunk_cloud_platform | v ≤ 9.0.2305.100 | — |
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