vulnerability

Splunk: CVE-2022-43565: Risky command safeguards bypass via ‘tstats’ command JSON in Splunk Enterprise

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Nov 2, 2022
Added
Apr 7, 2025
Modified
Oct 31, 2025

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9 and 8.1.12, the way that the ‘tstats’ command handles Javascript Object Notation (JSON) lets an attacker bypassSPL safeguards for risky commands. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser.

Solution

splunk-upgrade-latest
Title
NEW

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