TI-2024-14766 Aliases CVE-2024-22165 GHSA-w48w-95mf-vvc4

Denial of Service in Splunk Enterprise Security of the Investigations manager through Investigation creation

LOW 29CWE-20Published 2024-01-09 · Updated 2025-02-28

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) versions lower than 7.1.2, an attacker can create a malformed Investigation to perform a denial of service (DoS). The malformed investigation prevents the generation and rendering of the Investigations manager until it is deleted.<br>The vulnerability requires an authenticated session and access to create an Investigation. It only affects the availability of the Investigations manager, but without the manager, the Investigations functionality becomes unusable for most users.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00516 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) (Splunk): 7.3.0, 7.2.0, 7.1.2

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Splunk	Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)	7.3 to before 7.3.0; 7.2 to before 7.2.0; 7.1 to before 7.1.2	7.3.0, 7.2.0, 7.1.2	Patch available	CNA

Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) VendorSplunk Affected 7.3 to before 7.3.0; 7.2 to before 7.2.0; 7.1 to before 7.1.2 Fixed in 7.3.0, 7.2.0, 7.1.2 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:enterprise_security::::::::	7.1.0 to before 7.1.2	Vulnerable	Splunk

cpe:2.3:a:splunk:enterprise_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1.0 to before 7.1.2 Vulnerable ·Splunk

Remediation

Fix · CNA Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) (Splunk) Fixed in 7.3.0, 7.2.0, 7.1.2

Fixed in the same release

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

Release · 2024-01-09
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) 7.1.2, 7.2.0, 7.3.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-14765 Denial of Service of an Investigation in Splunk Enterprise Security through Investigation attachmentsPriority LOW 20
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-22165
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w48w-95mf-vvc4

References

Advisory 2

TI-2026-53443 Privilege Escalation through Search Macro Permissions in Splunk Enterprise Security CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2026-53442 SPL Injection through the REST API in Splunk Enterprise Security CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2024-14765 Denial of Service of an Investigation in Splunk Enterprise Security through Investigation attachments CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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