CVE-2022-43566: Splunk

High severity, CVSS 8.0. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can run risky commands using a more privileged user’s permissions to bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Security/SPLsafeguards  in the Analytics Workspace. 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); from 9.0.0, before 9.0.2 (fixed in 9.0.2)
• Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform: before 9.0.2208 (fixed in 9.0.2208)

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