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CVE-2021-42743

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.

Severity
High 7.8
Published
6 May 2022
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
8.1.1
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Splunk EnterpriseServers and applications · cpe:a:splunk:splunk
  • Every version before 8.1.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42743
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42743