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CVE-2026-20163

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-77 Command Injection
Publication date:
11/03/2026
Last modified:
24/03/2026

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
7.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 9.3.0 (including) 9.3.10 (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) 10.0.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.3.2411 (including) 9.3.2411.124 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.0.2503 (including) 10.0.2503.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.1.2507 (including) 10.1.2507.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.2.2510 (including) 10.2.2510.5 (excluding)

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


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