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CVE-2025-20322

Denial of Service (DoS) in Search Head Cluster through Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Splunk Enterprise

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7, 9.1.10, 9.3.2411.104, and 2 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7, and 9.1.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.104, 9.3.2408.113, and 9.2.2406.119, an unauthenticated attacker could send a specially-crafted SPL search command that could trigger a rolling restart in the Search Head Cluster through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), potentially leading to a denial of service (DoS).<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the administrator-level victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The attacker should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.<br><br>See How rolling restart works for more information.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise

    From 9.4 · fixed in 9.4.3; From 9.3 · fixed in 9.3.5; From 9.2 · fixed in 9.2.7; From 9.1 · fixed in 9.1.10

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise Cloud

    From 9.3.2411 · fixed in 9.3.2411.104; From 9.3.2408 · fixed in 9.3.2408.113; From 9.2.2406 · fixed in 9.2.2406.119

References 1

advisory.splunk.com