What is CVE-2022-43564?

CVE-2022-43564 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-43564?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Splunk

CVE-2022-43564

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, a remote user who can create search macros and schedule search reports can cause a denial of service through the use of specially crafted search macros.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk
Splunk Splunk_cloud_platform
Splunk Enterprise — versions 8.1, 8.2, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

prodsec@splunk.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43564?: CVE-2022-43564 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-43564?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.