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CVE-2022-37438: Information disclosure via the dashboard drilldown in Splunk Enterprise

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions in the following table, an authenticated user can craft a dashboard that could potentially leak information (for example, username, email, and real name) about Splunk users, when visited by another user through the drilldown component. The vulnerability requires user access to create and share dashboards using Splunk Web.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 8.1.0 before 8.1.11; from 8.2.0 before 8.2.7.1; 9.0.0 — fixed in 8.1.11, 8.2.7.1
• Splunk Cloud Platform: through 8.2.2203.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 8.1.11, 8.2.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://research.splunk.com/application/f844c3f6-fd99-43a2-ba24-93e35fe84be6
• https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0802.html
• https://research.splunk.com/application/f844c3f6-fd99-43a2-ba24-93e35fe84be6
• https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0802.html

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