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CVE-2024-22164: Denial of Service of an Investigation in Splunk Enterprise Security through Investigation attachments

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2024-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

In Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) versions below 7.1.2, an attacker can use investigation attachments to perform a denial of service (DoS) to the Investigation. The attachment endpoint does not properly limit the size of the request which lets an attacker cause the Investigation to become inaccessible.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise Security: from 7.1.0 before 7.1.2 — fixed in 7.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise Security 7.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0101
• https://research.splunk.com/application/bb85b25e-2d6b-4e39-bd27-50db42edcb8f/
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0101
• https://research.splunk.com/application/bb85b25e-2d6b-4e39-bd27-50db42edcb8f/

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