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TI-2023-15981 Aliases CVE-2023-32709GHSA-qgj7-qp4f-2mg6

Low-privileged User can View Hashed Default Splunk Password

Priority LOW 20CWE-285Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00391 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Splunk Enterprise (Splunk): 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5Splunk Cloud Platform (Splunk): 9.0.2303.100

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SplunkSplunk Enterprise8.1 to before 8.1.14; 8.2 to before 8.2.11; 9.0 to before 9.0.58.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5Patch availableCNA
SplunkSplunk Cloud Platform- to before 9.0.2303.1009.0.2303.100Patch availableCNA
  • Splunk Enterprise VendorSplunk Affected 8.1 to before 8.1.14; 8.2 to before 8.2.11; 9.0 to before 9.0.5 Fixed in 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5 Patch available CNA
  • Splunk Cloud Platform VendorSplunk Affected - to before 9.0.2303.100 Fixed in 9.0.2303.100 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*8.1.0 to before 8.1.14; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.11; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.5VulnerableSplunk
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 9.0.2303.100VulnerableSplunk
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 8.1.0 to before 8.1.14; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.11; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.5 Vulnerable ·Splunk
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.0.2303.100 Vulnerable ·Splunk

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Splunk Enterprise (Splunk) Fixed in 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5
  • Fix · CNA Splunk Cloud Platform (Splunk) Fixed in 9.0.2303.100

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Splunk Enterprise 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5

    8 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 7 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2023-15979 ‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege EscalationPriority HIGH 80
    • TI-2023-15980 HTTP Response Splitting via the ‘rest’ SPL CommandPriority LOW 39
    • TI-2023-15978 Denial Of Service due to Untrusted XML Tag in XML Parser within SAML AuthenticationPriority LOW 35
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  • Release ·

    Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2303.100

    7 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 6 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2023-15979 ‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege EscalationPriority HIGH 80
    • TI-2023-15980 HTTP Response Splitting via the ‘rest’ SPL CommandPriority LOW 39
    • TI-2023-15978 Denial Of Service due to Untrusted XML Tag in XML Parser within SAML AuthenticationPriority LOW 35
    Show all 7 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-32709
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qgj7-qp4f-2mg6

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2026-16444 Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Creation and Truncation in a PostgreSQL Sidecar Service Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-24841 Remote code execution (RCE) in Splunk Enterprise through Insecure XML Parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-15979 ‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-30707 Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to insecure session storage configuration in Splunk Enterprise on Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-21345 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the radio template in Splunk Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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