CVE-2022-43571: splunk Code Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-43571 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Code Injection vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 14.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 03-11-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-05-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can execute arbitrary code through the dashboard PDF generation component.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
14.06%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.26 pp
From 13.80% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (research.splunk.com)
Maturity: unknown
Authenticated RCE in Splunk (SimpleXML dashboard PDF generation)
exploit/multi/http/splunk_auth_rce_cve_2022_43571
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Splunk3 products
- splunk≥ 8.1.0, < 8.1.12 | ≥ 8.2.0, < 8.2.9 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.2
- splunk_cloud_platform< 9.0.2209
- splunk enterprise≥ 8.1, < 8.1.12 | ≥ 8.2, < 8.2.9 | ≥ 9.0, < 9.0.2
1 vendor · 3 products