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CVE-2026-20240

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CVE-2026-20240

Published: May 20, 2026

Modified: May 20, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.1

HIGH

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.11, and 9.3.12, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.1, 10.3.2512.9, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.129, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could cause a Denial of Service by exploiting the `coldToFrozen.sh` script in the `splunk_archiver` app to rename critical Splunk directories, making the instance non-functional.<br><br>The Denial of Service is possible because of missing input validation in the `coldToFrozen.sh` script, which accepts arbitrary file paths and renames them without restricting operations to safe directories.

VendorProductVersions

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

affected
10.2 - < 10.2.2
affected
10.0 - < 10.0.5
affected
9.4 - < 9.4.11
affected
9.3 - < 9.3.12

Splunk

Splunk Cloud Platform

affected
10.4.2603 - < 10.4.2603.1
affected
10.3.2512 - < 10.3.2512.9
affected
10.2.2510 - < 10.2.2510.11
affected
10.1.2507 - < 10.1.2507.21
affected
10.0.2503 - < 10.0.2503.13

+1 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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