Is CVE-2023-32709 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-32709 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-32709?

CVE-2023-32709 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-32709?

CVE-2023-32709 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-32709?

Upgrade splunk to 9.0.5 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-32709

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11. and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds the ‘user’ role can see the hashed version of the initial user name and password for the Splunk instance by using the ‘rest’ SPL command against the ‘conf-user-seed’ REST endpoint.

CWE-285

How to fix

Remediation Available

splunkNVD

Affected:>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.5Fixed in:9.0.5CVE-2023-32709derived from NVD

splunk cloud platformNVD

Affected:< 9.0.2303.100Fixed in:9.0.2303.100CVE-2023-32709derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-285 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-29927	Critical	9.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-28799	Critical	10.0	78%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32707	High	8.8	74%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-48241	High	7.5	73%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-22480	High	7.3	67%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-3229	Critical	9.8	66%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.