CVE-2025-20300
Improper Access Control Lets Low-Privilege Users Suppress Read-Only Alerts in Splunk Enterprise
Severity
Medium 4.3
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
17.5th percentile
Discovered by
Not disclosed
Published
Jul 7, 2025
Assigned by cisco
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.5, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.103, 9.3.2408.112, and 9.2.2406.119, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles, and has read-only access to a specific alert, could suppress that alert when it triggers. See [Define alert suppression groups to throttle sets of similar alerts](https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/alert-and-respond/alerting-manual/9.4/manage-alert-trigger-conditions-and-throttling/define-alert-suppression-groups-to-throttle-sets-of-similar-alerts).
Weakness: CWE-863
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Category | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Splunk Cloud Platform | SIEM & Log Management | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Splunk Enterprise | SIEM & Log Management | cna-assigner |
Vendor-reported products (2)
- Splunk · Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk · Splunk Cloud Platform
Credit
Anton (therceman)