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CVE-2025-20387

Published: Dec 3, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.0

HIGH

Description

In Splunk Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can result in incorrect permissions assignment in the Universal Forwarder for Windows Installation directory. This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

VendorProductVersions

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

affected
10.0 - < 10.0.2
affected
9.4 - < 9.4.6
affected
9.3 - < 9.3.8
affected
9.2 - < 9.2.10

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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