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CVE-2026-20163

Published: Mar 11, 2026

Modified: Mar 12, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.0

HIGH

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.

VendorProductVersions

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

affected
10.0 - < 10.0.4
affected
9.4 - < 9.4.9
affected
9.3 - < 9.3.10

Splunk

Splunk Cloud Platform

affected
10.2.2510 - < 10.2.2510.5
affected
10.0.2503 - < 10.0.2503.12
affected
10.1.2507 - < 10.1.2507.16
affected
9.3.2411 - < 9.3.2411.124

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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