CVE-2026-20142

medium Splunk
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 86% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: February 18, 2026 (84 days ago)
Last Modified: February 23, 2026
Vendor: Splunk

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.2, 9.4.7, 9.3.9, and 9.2.11, a user of a Splunk Search Head Cluster (SHC) deployment who holds a role with access to the Splunk `_internal` index could view the RSA `accessKey` value from the [<u>Authentication.conf</u> ](https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/admin-manual/10.2/configuration-file-reference/10.2.0-configuration-file-reference/authentication.conf)file, in plain text.

CWE

CWE-532

Affected Products

splunk splunk

References

🔗 advisory.splunk.com