CVE-2026-76359

Path Traversal through Universal Forwarder Installer Archive Extraction in Splunk SOAR

Severity
Medium 6.5
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.004
29.4th percentile
Discovered by
Not disclosed
Published
Aug 19, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

In Splunk SOAR versions below 8.6.0, a user who holds the Administrator role could use path traversal in the Universal Forwarder installer's archive extraction to write files outside the intended installation directory. The vulnerability is possible because the Universal Forwarder credentials-package extraction workflow does not verify that each archive member remains within the intended destination before extraction. For more information see Manage roles and permissions in Splunk SOAR (On-premises) (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-soar/soar-on-premises/administer-soar-on-premises/8.5.0/manage-your-splunk-soar-on-premises-users-and-accounts/manage-roles-and-permissions-in-splunk-soar-on-premises) and Configure forwarders to send SOAR data to your Splunk deployment (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-soar/soar-on-premises/administer-soar-on-premises/8.5.0/configure-administration-settings-in-splunk-soar-on-premises/configure-forwarders-to-send-soar-data-to-your-splunk-deployment) in the Splunk documentation.

Weakness: CWE-22

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Splunk SOAR SIEM & Log Management cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (1)
  • Splunk · Splunk SOAR

Credit

Gabriel Nitu, Splunk

Vendor remediation

Upgrade Splunk SOAR to 8.6.0 or higher.

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