CVE-2025-20229

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Publication date:

26/03/2025

Last modified:

21/07/2025

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.104, 9.2.2406.108, 9.2.2403.114, and 9.1.2312.208, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) through a file upload to the "$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/apptemp" directory due to missing authorization checks.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 8.00 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.00

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*	9.1.0 (including)	9.1.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*	9.2.0 (including)	9.2.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*	9.3.0 (including)	9.3.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.0::::enterprise:::
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform::::::::	9.1.2312 (including)	9.1.2312.208 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform::::::::	9.2.2403 (including)	9.2.2403.114 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform::::::::	9.2.2406.100 (including)	9.2.2406.108 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform::::::::	9.3.2408.100 (including)	9.3.2408.104 (excluding)

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0301