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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2026-76268 json

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in the Patroni REST API in Splunk Enterprise

published 2026-10-07 32 d ago modified 2026-10-21 18 d ago also EUVD-2026-94620

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.3 and 10.2.7, an unauthenticated user with network access to the Patroni Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface (API) on a search head cluster member could execute attacker-controlled operating-system commands. The vulnerability is possible because this interface does not require authentication for critical configuration operations. For more information see Sidecar configuration settings (https://help.splunk.com/en/data-management/splunk-enterprise-admin-manual/10.2/splunk-sidecars/sidecar-configuration-settings) in the Splunk documentation.

Splunk Enterprise versions 10.0.x and 9.4.x are not affected.

Patch / fix

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise 10.2.7, 10.4.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
32 d ago

Exploit prediction

5.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Splunk Enterprise Patroni REST API - Missing Authentication RCE nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

Sources

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