CVE-2023-32706 json
Denial Of Service due to Untrusted XML Tag in XML Parser within SAML Authentication
published 2023-06-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36933
- cvss
- 7.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
On Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, an unauthenticated attacker can send specially-crafted messages to the XML parser within SAML authentication to cause a denial of service in the Splunk daemon.
Patch / fix
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5
- Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2303.100
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
References
-
advisory.splunk.com
/advisories/SVD-2023-0601
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-32706
- NVD CVE-2023-32706
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