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CVE-2022-43562
Host Header Injection in Splunk Enterprise
Low3.0EPSS 0.56%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Splunk
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, Splunk Enterprise fails to properly validate and escape the Host header, which could let a remote authenticated user conduct various attacks against the system, including cross-site scripting and cache poisoning.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Splunk
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| SplunkCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 8.1 – < 8.1.12
- affected 8.2 – < 8.2.9
- affected 9.0 – < 9.0.2
References (1)
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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