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Splunk low-privilege user can achieve remote code execution via malicious file upload to temporary directory

Last refreshed2026-09-30

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-20204

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-20204
CVSS Score / Version7.1 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-06-17
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is high; privileges required is low; user interaction is required; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected productsSplunk splunk and Splunk splunk_cloud_platform
Classified asCWE-377 (Insecure Temporary File)

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
Splunksplunk
Splunksplunk_cloud_platform
SubsystemsGeneral OT
SectorsMultiple

What to Know

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1, 10.0.5, 9.4.10, and 9.3.11, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.0, 10.3.2512.5, 10.2.2510.9, 10.1.2507.19, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.127, a low-privileged user that does not hold the `admin` or `power` Splunk roles could potentially perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) by uploading a malicious file to the `$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/apptemp` directory due to improper handling and insufficient isolation of temporary files within the `apptemp` directory.

What to Do

Monitor Splunk's web page for any future patch releases. See vendor advisory link below.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20204
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20204
Vendor advisoryhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0403