Sensitive Information Disclosure through the storage/passwords REST Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise

published 2026-07-15 3 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-44738

cvss: 5.3; 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 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.3.2512.15, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could view stored credential hashes when they access the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint through the `|rest` Search Processing Language (SPL) command.<br><br>The exposure happens because the `|rest` SPL command returns the `encr_password` field in the results of the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.4.13, 10.0.8, 10.2.5, 10.4.1
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 10.1.2507.24, 10.2.2510.18, 10.3.2512.15, 10.4.2604.6, 10.5.2605.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 3 mo ago (2026-07-15)

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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

References

advisory.splunk.com /advisories/SVD-2026-0704
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-20298
NVD CVE-2026-20298

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Summary