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CVE-2026-20240

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
20/05/2026
Last modified:
21/05/2026

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.11, and 9.3.12, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.1, 10.3.2512.9, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.129, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could cause a Denial of Service by exploiting the `coldToFrozen.sh` script in the `splunk_archiver` app to rename critical Splunk directories, making the instance non-functional.The Denial of Service is possible because of missing input validation in the `coldToFrozen.sh` script, which accepts arbitrary file paths and renames them without restricting operations to safe directories.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 9.3.0 (including) 9.3.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 9.4.0 (including) 9.4.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 10.0.0 (including) 10.0.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 10.2.0 (including) 10.2.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.3.2411 (including) 9.3.2411.129 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.0.2503 (including) 10.0.2503.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.1.2507 (including) 10.1.2507.21 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.2.2510 (including) 10.2.2510.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.3.2512 (including) 10.3.2512.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.4.2603:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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