CVE-2023-32716
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.0.2303.100, an attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the {{dump}} SPL command to cause a denial of service by crashing the Splunk daemon.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA vulnerability in the {{dump}} SPL (Search Processing Language) command in Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below 9.0.2303.100 allows an attacker to cause denial of service by crashing the Splunk daemon.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.14>= 8.2.0, < 8.2.11>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.5< 9.0.2303.100CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Splunk Enterprise versionRun: splunk version or check $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk.version fileAffected if Version is 8.1.0-8.1.13, 8.2.0-8.2.10, or 9.0.0-9.0.4 (before 8.1.14, 8.2.11, or 9.0.5)
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Check Splunk Cloud Platform versionNavigate to Settings > About > About Splunk in the Splunk Web interface to view the versionAffected if Version is below 9.0.2303.100
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Verify dump command is accessibleConfirm the user has permissions to run SPL searches. The dump command is a statistical command available in search. Try: | dumpAffected if User can execute SPL searches and the dump command is available in the environment
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Confirm Splunk daemon is runningCheck if splunkd process is active: ps aux | grep splunkd or check Splunk Web accessibleAffected if Splunk is running and accessible - this confirms the vulnerable service is active
You are affected if Splunk Enterprise version is below 8.1.14, 8.2.11, or 9.0.5, or Splunk Cloud Platform is below 9.0.2303.100, and the dump SPL command is accessible to users in your environment.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped8.1.148.2.119.0.5
Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5, 8.2.11, or 8.1.14 or higher, or upgrade Splunk Cloud Platform to version 9.0.2303.100 or higher.
Splunk Enterprise: 8.1.14, 8.2.11, or 9.0.5 (or latest in each branch) | Splunk Cloud Platform: 9.0.2303.100
- Identify your current Splunk Enterprise version by navigating to Settings > About > Version or running `splunk version`
- For Splunk Enterprise 8.1.x: Upgrade to version 8.1.14 or later
- For Splunk Enterprise 8.2.x: Upgrade to version 8.2.11 or later
- For Splunk Enterprise 9.0.x: Upgrade to version 9.0.5 or later
- For Splunk Cloud Platform: Contact Splunk Support to schedule upgrade to version 9.0.2303.100 or later
- After upgrade, verify the Splunk daemon (splunkd) is running without crashes
- Test that the {{dump}} command no longer causes daemon crashes
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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