CVE-2022-43563: Splunk

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9 and 8.1.12, the way that the rex search command handles field names lets an attacker bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Security/SPLsafeguards . The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The attacker cannot exploit the vulnerability at will.

Affected products

• Splunk Splunk: from 8.1.0, before 8.1.12 (fixed in 8.1.12); from 8.2.0, before 8.2.9 (fixed in 8.2.9)
• Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform: before 9.0.2203 (fixed in 9.0.2203)

Published 2022-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.