Vulnerability in Splunk
CVE-2022-37439
In Splunk Enterprise and Universal Forwarder versions in the following table, indexing a specially crafted ZIP file using the file monitoring input can result in a crash of the application. Attempts to restart the application would result in a crash and would require manually removing the malformed file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Splunk
- Splunk Enterprise — versions 8.2, 8.1
- Splunk Universal Forwarder
- Splunk Universal Forwarders — versions 8.1.11, 8.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0803.html (Vendor Advisory)
- research.splunk.com/application/b237d393-2f57-4531-aad7-ad3c17c8b041 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-37439?
- CVE-2022-37439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-37439?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.