CVE-2023-22940

SPL Command Safeguards Bypass via the ‘collect’ SPL Command Aliases in Splunk Enterprise

MEDIUM

5.7

CVSS Score

Published: February 14, 2023 at 05:22 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:36 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorSplunkSplunk Cloud Platform

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Severity

MEDIUM5.7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, aliases of the ‘collect’ search processing language (SPL) command, including ‘summaryindex’, ‘sumindex’, ‘stash’,’ mcollect’, and ‘meventcollect’, were not designated as safeguarded commands. The commands could potentially allow for the exposing of data to a summary index that unprivileged users could access. The vulnerability requires a higher privileged user to initiate a request within their browser, and only affects instances with Splunk Web enabled.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Splunk · Splunk

95%

8.1 ≤ v < 8.1.138.1.0 ≤ v < 8.1.138.2 ≤ v < 8.2.108.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.109.0 ≤ v < 9.0.49.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.48.1 8.2 9.0

Affected range stops below 8.1.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 8.2.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk

95%

v < 9.0.2209.3v < 9.0.2212

Affected range stops below 9.0.2209.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.0.2212, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0210

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://research.splunk.com/application/ee69374a-d27e-4136-adac-956a96ff60fd/

CVSS

5.7MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo

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