CVE-2022-43572: In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, sending a malformed file through the Splunk-to-Splunk (S2S) or HTTP Event Collector (HEC)…

PriorityP432medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.77%

50.8th percentile

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, sending a malformed file through the Splunk-to-Splunk (S2S) or HTTP Event Collector (HEC) protocols to an indexer results in a blockage or denial-of-service preventing further indexing.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
splunk	splunk	>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.12	8.1.12
splunk	splunk	>= 8.2.0 < 8.2.9	8.2.9
splunk	splunk	>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.2	9.0.2
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	< 9.0.2209	9.0.2209
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 8.1 < 8.1.12	8.1.12
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 8.2 < 8.2.9	8.2.9
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 9.0 < 9.0.2	9.0.2

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