cve/2023/CVE-2023-40594.md

### [CVE-2023-40594](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40594)
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![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=8.2%3C%208.2.12%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=The%20software%20does%20not%20properly%20control%20the%20allocation%20and%20maintenance%20of%20a%20limited%20resource%20thereby%20enabling%20an%20actor%20to%20influence%20the%20amount%20of%20resources%20consumed%2C%20eventually%20leading%20to%20the%20exhaustion%20of%20available%20resources.&color=brighgreen)

### Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can use the `printf` SPL function to perform a denial of service (DoS) against the Splunk Enterprise instance.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds