CVE-2026-20142 describes a vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.2, 9.4.7, 9.3.9, and 9.2.11, where a privileged user on a Search Head Cluster could view the RSA accessKey in plain text from the authentication.conf file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) has an adjacent attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.0, < 10.0.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.2, < 9.2.11CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.3, < 9.3.9CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.4, < 9.4.7CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.