Remote Code Execution through dashboard PDF generation component in Splunk Enterprise

published 2022-11-03 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-46567

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 18.6%; EPSS 18.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 1; Metasploit

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Splunk Splunk Enterprise 8.1.12, 8.2.9, 9.0.2

Timeline

2022-11-02 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/splunk_auth_rce_cve_2022_43571)
2022-11-03 Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-05-02)

Exploit prediction

18.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/multi/http/splunk_auth_rce_cve_2022_43571 Authenticated RCE in Splunk (SimpleXML dashboard PDF generation) metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2022-11-02
research.splunk.com https://research.splunk.com/application/b06b41d7-9570-4985-8137-0784f582a1b3/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Splunk Splunk Enterprise

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

research.splunk.com /application/b06b41d7-9570-4985-8137-0784f582a1b3/
exploit, vendor-advisory
splunk.com /en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1111.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-43571
NVD CVE-2022-43571

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Summary