Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, an improperly-formatted ‘INGEST_EVAL’ parameter in a Field Transformation crashes the Splunk daemon (splunkd).
Problem types
An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.
Product status
8.2 before 8.2.10
9.0 before 9.0.4
Credits
James Ervin, Splunk
References
advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0211
research.splunk.com/...08978eca-caff-44c1-84dc-53f17def4e14/