CVE-2026-20163

high Splunk
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 78% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: March 11, 2026 (63 days ago)
Last Modified: March 24, 2026
Vendor: Splunk
Source: NVD

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.

CWE

CWE-77

Affected Products

splunk splunksplunk splunk cloud platform

References

🔗 advisory.splunk.com