vulnerability
Splunk: CVE-2023-22938: Permissions Validation Failure in the ‘sendemail’ REST API Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Feb 14, 2023 | Apr 7, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 14, 2023
Added
Apr 7, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, the ‘sendemail’ REST API endpoint lets any authenticated user send an email as the Splunk instance. The endpoint is now restricted to the ‘splunk-system-user’ account on the local instance.
Solution
splunk-upgrade-latest
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