Directory traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise by Splunk
CVE-2026-76279

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Splunk
Status
Splunk Enterprise
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-76279?

In certain versions of Splunk Enterprise, a flaw allows users with specific roles to bypass index access restrictions by manipulating whitespace in index names. This oversight enables unauthorized users to write to internal indexes, potentially compromising sensitive data integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Splunk Enterprise 10.4 < 10.4.3

Splunk Enterprise 10.2 < 10.2.7

Splunk Enterprise 10.0 < 10.0.10

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1001

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Anton (therceman)
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