cvelist/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40593.json

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                "value": "In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the `/saml/acs` REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon."
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                "url": "https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0802",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0802"
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            {
                "url": "https://research.splunk.com/application/8e8a86d5-f323-4567-95be-8e817e2baee6/",
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            "value": "Aaron Devaney (Dodekeract)"
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