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CVE-2026-76298

8.8, high

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.4 and 10.2.8, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could derive the…

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CVSS
8.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.3% higher than 16.3% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
21 Oct 20262 days ago

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.4 and 10.2.8, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could derive the PostgreSQL sidecar database superuser password and run arbitrary operating system commands as the user account running Splunk Enterprise on search head cluster members. The vulnerability is possible because the PostgreSQL sidecar service derives a privileged database password from the search head cluster identifier that appears in search job logs. For more information see About configuring role-based user access (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.2/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/about-configuring-role-based-user-access), server.conf (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/admin-manual/10.2/configuration-file-reference/10.2.0-configuration-file-reference/server.conf), and Sidecar configuration settings (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/admin-manual/10.4/splunk-sidecars/sidecar-configuration-settings) in the Splunk documentation.

Details

Vendor
Splunk
Product
Splunk Enterprise
Weakness
CWE-321 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Received
Updated
21 Oct 2026
Assigner
psirt@cisco.com

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

References 1

Advisories 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.

Other Splunk CVEs

Every Splunk CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-20253 Splunk Enterprise Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability KEV EPSS 97% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-76288 Splunk Enterprise Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-76290 Splunk Enterprise Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-76291 Splunk Enterprise Improper Access Control Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-76293 Splunk Enterprise Code Injection Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-76306 Splunk SOAR Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability EPSS 0.2% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-76307 Splunk SOAR Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-76285 As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, Cisco has conducted a comprehensive internal security… EPSS 0.3% 9.8, critical

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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 23 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.