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CVE-2023-32717: Role-based Access Control (RBAC) Bypass on '/services/indexing/preview' REST Endpoint Can Overwrite Search Results

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

On Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and in Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.0.2303.100, an unauthorized user can access the {{/services/indexing/preview}} REST endpoint to overwrite search results if they know the search ID (SID) of an existing search job.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 8.1.0 before 8.1.14; from 8.2.0 before 8.2.11; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.5 — fixed in 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5
• Splunk Cloud Platform: before 9.0.2303.100 — fixed in 9.0.2303.100

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5; Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2303.100. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0612
• https://research.splunk.com/application/bbe26f95-1655-471d-8abd-3d32fafa86f8/
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0612
• https://research.splunk.com/application/bbe26f95-1655-471d-8abd-3d32fafa86f8/

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