CVE-2021-42743

HIGH

Splunk < 8.1.1 - Local Privilege Escalation via Node Default Path Misconfiguration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A misconfiguration in the node default path allows for local privilege escalation from a lower privileged user to the Splunk user in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.1 on Windows.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (1)
splunk/splunk < 8.1.1
Published May 06, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026