Is CVE-2023-22938 being actively exploited?

CVE-2023-22938 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-22938?

CVE-2023-22938 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2023-22938

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, the ‘sendemail’ REST API endpoint lets any authenticated user send an email as the Splunk instance. The endpoint is now restricted to the ‘splunk-system-user’ account on the local instance.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-285
EPSS score: 0.4% (28th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2023-27040)
Published: February 14, 2023
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2023-27040 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on March 19, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

splunk / splunk
splunk / splunk cloud platform

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Splunk Enterprise 8.1 - Splunk, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11108-2021 - archived

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0208(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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