Risky Commands Safeguards Bypass through preloaded Data Models due to Path Traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise

published 2026-02-18 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-7913

cvss: 3.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object. They can bypass the safeguards by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.2.9, 9.3.7, 9.4.5, 10.0.3, 10.2.0
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.3.2408.122, 9.3.2411.112, 10.0.2503.9, 10.1.2507.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 8 mo ago (2026-02-18)

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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 Cloud Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

advisory.splunk.com /advisories/SVD-2026-0202
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-20137
NVD CVE-2026-20137

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Summary