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High [CVE-2023-3997] Splunk SOAR versions lower than 6.1.0 are indirectly affected by a potential vulnerability accessed through the user’s terminal

This high-severity Splunk advisory covers CVE-2023-3997 affecting Splunk SOAR.

CVE-2023-3997 Published Jul 31, 2023Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
Affected products & platforms
SplunkES / ITSI / SOAR
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Summary

Splunk SOAR versions lower than 6.1.0 are indirectly affected by a potential vulnerability accessed through the user’s terminal. A third party can send Splunk SOAR a maliciously crafted web request containing special ANSI characters to cause log file poisoning.

When a terminal user attempts to view the poisoned logs, this can tamper with the terminal and cause possible malicious code execution from the terminal user’s action.

Affected versions
  • 6.1.0

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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