CVE-2021-26253
Bypass of Splunk Enterprise's implementation of DUO MFA
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 6, 2022 at 04:34 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSplunk
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
A potential vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise's implementation of DUO MFA allows for bypassing the MFA verification in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.6. The potential vulnerability impacts Splunk Enterprise instances configured to use DUO MFA and does not impact or affect a DUO product or service.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0504.htmlCVSS
8.1HIGHSplunk
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287NVD-CWE-noinfo
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