CVE-2023-32709

Low-privileged User can View Hashed Default Splunk Password

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: Anton (therceman)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-05-11 CVE Reserved
2023-06-01 CVE Published
2025-02-28 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-285: Improper Authorization

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0604	2024-04-10
https://research.splunk.com/application/a1be424d-e59c-4583-b6f9-2dcc23be4875	2024-04-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk"				>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.14 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 8.1.14"		enterprise		Affected
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk"				>= 8.2.0 < 8.2.11 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk" and version " >= 8.2.0 < 8.2.11"		enterprise		Affected
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk"				>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.5 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk" and version " >= 9.0.0 < 9.0.5"		enterprise		Affected
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Cloud Platform Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk Cloud Platform"				< 9.0.2303.100 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk Cloud Platform" and version " < 9.0.2303.100"		-		Affected