CVE-2023-32709 json
Low-privileged User can View Hashed Default Splunk Password
published 2023-06-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36936
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11. and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds the ‘user’ role can see the hashed version of the initial user name and password for the Splunk instance by using the ‘rest’ SPL command against the ‘conf-user-seed’ REST endpoint.
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
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
References
-
advisory.splunk.com
/advisories/SVD-2023-0604
vendor-advisory
-
research.splunk.com
/application/a1be424d-e59c-4583-b6f9-2dcc23be4875/
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-32709
- NVD CVE-2023-32709
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