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CVE-2026-20164

Sensitive Information Disclosure through Improper Access Control in Splunk Enterprise

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 10.0.3, 9.4.9, 9.3.10, 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, and 2 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, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, 10.0.2503.11, and 9.3.2411.123, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could access the `/splunkd/__raw/servicesNS/-/-/configs/conf-passwords` REST API endpoint, which exposes the hashed or plaintext password values that are stored in the passwords.conf configuration file due to improper access control. This vulnerability could allow for the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive credentials.

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 10.0 · fixed in 10.0.3; From 9.4 · fixed in 9.4.9; From 9.3 · fixed in 9.3.10

  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform

    From 10.2.2510 · fixed in 10.2.2510.5; From 10.1.2507 · fixed in 10.1.2507.16; From 10.0.2503 · fixed in 10.0.2503.11; From 9.3.2411 · fixed in 9.3.2411.123

References 1

advisory.splunk.com