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CVE-2026-20162

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
11/03/2026
Last modified:
23/03/2026

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.9, and 9.3.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.4, 10.1.2507.15, 10.0.2503.11, and 9.3.2411.123, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload when creating a View (Settings - User Interface - Views) at the `/manager/launcher/data/ui/views/_new` endpoint leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through a path traversal vulnerability. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user. <br /> <br /> The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.

Impact

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

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x
6.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 9.3.0 (including) 9.3.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 9.4.0 (including) 9.4.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 10.0.0 (including) 10.0.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.3.2411 (including) 9.3.2411.123 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.0.2503 (including) 10.0.2503.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.1.2507 (including) 10.1.2507.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.2.2510 (including) 10.2.2510.4 (excluding)

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


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