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Splunk low-privilege users with _internal index access can read session cookies and sensitive response data

Last refreshed2026-09-30

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-20239

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-20239
CVSS Score / Version7.5 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-07-23
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is high; privileges required is low; user interaction is none; 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-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
Splunksplunk
Splunksplunk_cloud_platform
SubsystemsGeneral OT
SectorsMultiple

What to Know

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2 and 10.0.5, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.3.2512.8, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, and 10.0.2503.13, a user with a role that has access to the `_internal` index could view session cookies and response bodies that contain sensitive data.

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-2026-20239
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20239
Vendor advisoryhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0503