cve-2025-20233
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-26 22:06
Modified
2025-03-27 13:49
Severity ?
2.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
In the Splunk App for Lookup File Editing versions below 4.0.5, a script in the app used the `chmod` and `makedirs` Python functions in a way that resulted in overly broad read and execute permissions. This could lead to improper access control for a low-privileged user.
References
psirt@cisco.comhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0310
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk App for Lookup File Editing Version: 4.0   < 4.0.5
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