Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-26070

Medium

Published: 06 May 2022

Published
06 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0026 50.1th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-26070 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-200) vulnerability in Splunk Splunk. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 49.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

When handling a mismatched pre-authentication cookie, the application leaks the internal error message in the response, which contains the Splunk Enterprise local system path. The vulnerability impacts Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.0.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

splunk
splunk
≤ 8.1.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-200 CWE-209

Monitoring directly detects unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, enabling response to exposures.

addresses: CWE-200 CWE-209

Obscuring authentication feedback prevents exposure of sensitive information such as valid usernames or failure reasons to unauthorized actors.

addresses: CWE-200 CWE-209

Concealment techniques directly prevent real sensitive data from being exposed to adversaries.

addresses: CWE-200 CWE-209

Restricts error message visibility to authorized recipients, directly reducing unauthorized exposure of sensitive information.

addresses: CWE-200 CWE-209

Filtering output to only permitted content stops unintended disclosure of sensitive information to unauthorized actors.

addresses: CWE-200

Automated marking applies security attributes to system outputs, making it harder for attackers to exploit unmarked sensitive information leading to unauthorized exposure.

addresses: CWE-200

Proper attribute retention and permitted-value enforcement limits unauthorized actors from accessing sensitive information lacking correct labels.

addresses: CWE-200

Prevents unauthorized exposure of sensitive information by prohibiting untrusted external systems from processing or storing it.

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