CVE 7.1 HIGH

Improper Handling and Insufficient Isolation of Specific Temporary Files in Splunk Enterprise_CVE-2026-20204

7.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-20204
Source cisco
Published Apr 15, 2026 at 15:17

Affected Product

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Version 10.2
Affected Versions Splunk Splunk Enterprise 10.2
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 10.0
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.4
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.3
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 10.4.2603
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 10.3.2512
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 10.2.2510
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 10.1.2507
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 10.0.2503
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.3.2411

References

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