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FKIE_CVE-2023-4571

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-30 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:38

Severity

8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) versions below below 4.13.3, 4.15.3, or 4.17.1, a malicious actor can inject American National Standards Institute (ANSI) escape codes into Splunk ITSI log files that, when a vulnerable terminal application reads them, can run malicious code in the vulnerable application. This attack requires a user to use a terminal application that translates ANSI escape codes to read the malicious log file locally in the vulnerable terminal. The vulnerability also requires additional user interaction to succeed. The vulnerability does not directly affect Splunk ITSI. The indirect impact on Splunk ITSI can vary significantly depending on the permissions in the vulnerable terminal application, as well as where and how the user reads the malicious log file. For example, users can copy the malicious file from Splunk ITSI and read it on their local machine.

References

	URL	Tags
	prodsec@splunk.com	https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0810	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0810	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
splunk	it_service_intelligence	*
splunk	it_service_intelligence	*
splunk	it_service_intelligence	4.17.0

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CVE-2023-4571 (GCVE-0-2023-4571)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 16:19 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03

Title

Unauthenticated Log Injection in Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI)

Summary

Severity

8.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-117 - The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes output that is written to logs.

Assigner

Splunk CNA

CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0810

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Splunk	Splunk ITSI	Affected: 4.13 , < 4.13.3 (custom) Affected: 4.15 , < 4.15.3 (custom) Affected: 4.17 , < 4.17.1 (custom)

Date Public

2023-08-30 00:00

Credits

STÖK / Fredrik Alexandersson

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