vulnerability

Splunk: CVE-2021-31566: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Added
Sep 30, 2025
Modified
Nov 11, 2025

Description

An improper link resolution flaw can occur while extracting an archive leading to changing modes, times, access control lists, and flags of a file outside of the archive. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to gain more privileges in a system.

Solution

splunk-upgrade-latest
Title
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