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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2023.3141 SVD-2023-0604: Low-privileged User can View Hashed Default Splunk Password 2 June 2023 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Splunk Enterprise Splunk Cloud Platform Publisher: Splunk Operating System: Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2023-32709 Original Bulletin: https://advisory.splunk.com//advisories/SVD-2023-0604 Comment: CVSS (Max): 4.3 CVE-2023-32709 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) CVSS Source: Splunk Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Low-privileged User can View Hashed Default Splunk Password Advisory ID: SVD-2023-0604 CVE ID: CVE-2023-32709 Published: 2023-06-01 Last Update: 2023-06-01 CVSSv3.1 Score: 4.3, Medium CVSSv3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CWE: CWE-285 Bug ID: SPL-235016 Description A low-privileged user who holds the 'user' role can see the hashed version of the initial user name and password for the Splunk instance by using the 'rest' SPL command against the 'conf-user-seed' REST endpoint. Solution For Splunk Enterprise, upgrade versions to 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5, or higher. For Splunk Cloud Platform, Splunk is actively patching and monitoring the Splunk Cloud instances. Product Status Product Version Component Affected Version Fix Version Splunk Enterprise 8.1 Splunk Web 8.1.0 to 8.1.13 8.1.14 Splunk Enterprise 8.2 Splunk Web 8.2.0 to 8.2.10 8.2.11 Splunk Enterprise 9.0 Splunk Web 9.0.0 to 9.0.4 9.0.5 Splunk Cloud Platform Splunk Web 9.0.2303 and below 9.0.2303.100 Mitigations and Workarounds N/A Detections o Splunk low privilege user can view hashed splunk password This detection search provides information about a possible privilege escalation exploitation In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14. Severity Splunk rated the vulnerability as Medium, 4.3, with a CVSSv3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N If the initial admin password has been changed, then there is no impact and the severity is Informational. 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