CVE-2024-22164 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) versions below 7.1.2, an attacker can use investigation attachments to perform a denial of service (DoS) to the Investigation. The attachment endpoint does not properly limit the size of the request which lets an attacker cause the Investigation to become inaccessible.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00151.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Splunk	Enterprise Security

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:splunk:enterprise_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-19760	In Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) versions below 7.1.2, an attacker can use investigation attachments to perform a denial of service (DoS) to the Investigation. The attachment endpoint does not properly limit the size of the request which lets an attacker cause the Investigation to become inaccessible.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0101
https://research.splunk.com/application/bb85b25e-2d6b-4e39-bd27-50db42edcb8f/

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Splunk

Published: 2024-01-09T17:01:07.832Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:31:04.696Z

Reserved: 2024-01-05T16:53:01.503Z

Link: CVE-2024-22164

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:35:34.908Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-09T17:15:12.323

Modified: 2025-06-03T15:15:57.183

Link: CVE-2024-22164

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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