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CVE-2026-20297

34
FAUCET Score

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, 9.4.13, and 9.3.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a user who holds a role that contains the `edit_local_apps` and `install_apps` capabilities could cause a legitimate app installation to write files outside the intended app directory, into `$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/` and its subdirectories.<br><br>The vulnerability is caused by a path traversal in the app installation workflow, which does not restrict the installation path to the intended app directory.

First published: Jul 15, 2026Last modified: Jul 15, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 9.3.0, < 9.3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 9.4.0, < 9.4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 10.2.0, < 10.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
10.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:10.4.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 5,538 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

advisory.splunk.com / advisories/SVD-2026-0703
Vendor Advisory