CVE-2025-20231 json
Sensitive Information Disclosure in Splunk Secure Gateway App
published 2025-03-26 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-8263
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1, 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and versions below 3.8.38 and 3.7.23 of the Splunk Secure Gateway app on Splunk Cloud Platform, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a search using the permissions of a higher-privileged user that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated low-privileged user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
Patch / fix
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.1.8, 9.2.5, 9.3.3, 9.4.1
- Splunk Splunk Secure Gateway 3.7.23, 3.8.38
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 19 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Splunk Secure Gateway
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
References
-
advisory.splunk.com
/advisories/SVD-2025-0302
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-20231
- NVD CVE-2025-20231
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