CVE-2023-40593
Denial of Service (DoS) in Splunk Enterprise Using a Malformed SAML Request
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the /saml/acs REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Denial of Service (DoS) in Splunk Enterprise Using a Malformed SAML Request
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the /saml/acs REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon.
- Record
CVE-2023-40593- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-45151
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the /saml/acs REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon.
- Record
EUVD-2023-45151- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qpqv-mwrg-mw8j
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed...
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the /saml/acs REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon.
- Record
GHSA-qpqv-mwrg-mw8j- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the /saml/acs REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon.
- Record
CVE-2023-40593- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-40593 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Splunk, published August 30, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.