Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 30, 2023· Updated Feb 28, 2025
Denial of Service (DoS) in Splunk Enterprise Using a Malformed SAML Request
CVE-2023-40593
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the /saml/acs REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon.
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Affected products
3<9.0.6, <8.2.12+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <9.0.6, <8.2.12
- (no CPE)range: 8.2
- Range: -
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