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CVE-2026-20137

Risky Commands Safeguards Bypass through preloaded Data Models due to Path Traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, 9.2.9, and 4 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object. They can bypass the safeguards by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise

    From 10.2 · fixed in 10.2.0; From 10.0 · fixed in 10.0.3; From 9.4 · fixed in 9.4.5; From 9.3 · fixed in 9.3.7; From 9.2 · fixed in 9.2.9

  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform

    From 10.1.2507 · fixed in 10.1.2507.0; From 10.0 · fixed in 10.0.2503.9; From 9.3.2411 · fixed in 9.3.2411.112; From 9.3.2408 · fixed in 9.3.2408.122

References 1

advisory.splunk.com