CVE-2026-20137
Risky Commands Safeguards Bypass through preloaded Data Models due to Path Traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise
Severity
Low 3.5
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
12.8th percentile
Discovered by
Not disclosed
Published
Feb 18, 2026
Assigned by cisco
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object. They can bypass the safeguards by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-200
Affected products
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Vendor-reported affected versions (2)
- Splunk · Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk · Splunk Cloud Platform
Credit
Anton (therceman)