CVE-2023-32706 HIGH

CVE-2023-32706: Denial Of Service due to Untrusted XML Tag in XML Parser within SAML Authentication

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published June 1, 2023
Last update February 28, 2025

CVSS base score

7.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

On Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, an unauthenticated attacker can send specially-crafted messages to the XML parser within SAML authentication to cause a denial of service in the Splunk daemon.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 1, 2023 CVE published
February 28, 2025 Record updated