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FKIE_CVE-2026-20163

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-11 17:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:17

Severity

7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@cisco.com	https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0302	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
splunk	splunk	*
splunk	splunk	*
splunk	splunk	*
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	*
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	*
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	*
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	*

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CVE-2026-20163 (GCVE-0-2026-20163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 16:18 – Updated: 2026-03-12 13:23

Title

Remote Command Execution (RCE) through the '/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview' REST endpoint in Splunk Enterprise

Summary

Severity

8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-12 03:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-77 - The software constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0302

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Splunk	Splunk Enterprise	Affected: 10.0 , < 10.0.4 (custom) Affected: 9.4 , < 9.4.9 (custom) Affected: 9.3 , < 9.3.10 (custom)
Splunk	Splunk Cloud Platform	Affected: 10.2.2510 , < 10.2.2510.5 (custom) Affected: 10.0.2503 , < 10.0.2503.12 (custom) Affected: 10.1.2507 , < 10.1.2507.16 (custom) Affected: 9.3.2411 , < 9.3.2411.124 (custom)

Date Public

2026-03-11 00:00

Credits

Danylo Dmytriiev (DDV_UA) <br><br>Gabriel Nitu, Splunk<br><br>James Ervin, Splunk

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