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CVE-2026-20253

9.8, critical Known exploited

Splunk Enterprise Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
97% higher than 99.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
10 Jun 20264 months ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 18 Jun 2026. US federal agencies had to remediate by 21 Jun 2026, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Description

In Splunk Enterprise 10.2 versions below 10.2.4 and 10 versions below 10.0.7, an unauthenticated user could create or truncate arbitrary files through a PostgreSQL sidecar service endpoint. The vulnerability exists because the PostgreSQL sidecar service endpoint lacks authentication controls, allowing any network-reachable user to invoke file operations without credentials. Splunk Enterprise versions 9.4 and earlier are not affected. If you cannot immediately upgrade to a fixed version, you can mitigate this vulnerability by disabling the PostgreSQL sidecar service.

Details

Vendor
Splunk
Product
Splunk Enterprise
Weakness
CWE-306 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
23 Jul 2026
Assigner
psirt@cisco.com

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

References 3

Exploit code 1

Advisories 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.